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adrenoreceptor

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adrenoreceptor /adre·no·re·cep·tor/ (-re-sep´ter) adrenergic receptor.
ad·re·no·re·cep·tor (-drn-r-sptr)
n.
See adrenergic receptor.
adrenoreceptor
a receptor essential to neurohumoral transmission, situated on or within the surface membranes of cells innervated by adrenergic neurons and in some cells which are not so innervated.
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