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betamimetic

adj

Etymology

From beta + mimetic.

  1. borrowed from μῑμητικός
  2. borrowed from mīmēticus
  3. compounded as betamimetic — “beta + mimetic”

Definitions

  1. That mimics the stimulation of the beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous…

    That mimics the stimulation of the beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system

  2. Any drug that has this action

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for betamimetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA