pseudocholinesterase

pseudocholinesterase
n.
an enzyme found in the blood and other tissues that – like cholinesterase – breaks down acetylcholine, but much more slowly. Not being localized at nerve endings, it plays little part in the normal breakdown of acetylcholine in synapses and at neuromuscular junctions.

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  • Pseudocholinesterase — Vorhandene Strukturdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pseudocholinesterase deficiency — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 10829 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|289.89 ICDO = OMIM = 177400 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1935 MeshID = Pseudocholinesterase deficiency is an inherited blood plasma enzyme… …   Wikipedia

  • pseudocholinesterase — noun Date: 1943 cholinesterase 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pseudocholinesterase — noun One of the two types of cholinesterase (the other being acetylcholinesterase), found primarily in the liver where it hydrolyses butyrylcholine. Syn: acylcholine acylhydrolase, butyrylcholinesterase, plasma cholinesterase …   Wiktionary

  • pseudocholinesterase — SYN: butyrocholinesterase. atypical p. [MIM*177400, MIM*177500, MIM*177600] a genetic variant of cholinesterase that fails to catalyze the hydrolysis of succinylcholine. SEE ALSO: dibucaine number, fluoride number. typical p …   Medical dictionary

  • pseudocholinesterase — pseu·do·cholinesterase …   English syllables

  • pseudocholinesterase — ¦südōˌ noun Etymology: pseud + cholinesterase : cholinesterase 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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  • PCHE — pseudocholinesterase …   Medical dictionary

  • PsChE — pseudocholinesterase …   Medical dictionary

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