Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alpha_receptor

1 sense of alpha receptor

Sense 1
alpha receptor, alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor -- (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))
       => receptor -- (a cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response)