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

1 sense of beta receptor

Sense 1
beta receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-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 vasodilation and increased heart beat))
       => 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)