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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A synthetic acetylcholine-like molecule, with activation of some of the same receptors, which is hydrolysed by acetylcholinesterase and (more efficiently) by butyrylcholinesterase. uncountable

Etymology

From butyryl + choline.

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