ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Histaminergic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Histaminergic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue.

Example Sentences

The main interest of these results seems to me to lie in the fact that they provide new evidence in support of the importance of antidromic impulses in sensory nerves; the results suggest that these nerves produce dilatation under physiological conditions by liberating histamine. The adjective "histaminergic" is proposed for these nerves.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include histaminic, antihistaminic, histidinemic, histogenic, histologic, histopathologic.

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