alpha receptor (n)
alpha-adrenergic receptor (n)
alpha-adrenoceptor (n)

n05609111

type n
lex_filenum 08
def receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles)
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Hypernym receptor
Part holonym sympathetic nervous system
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Part meronym sympathetic nervous system
Hyponym receptor

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