See Also: Cholinesterase inhibitor(medicine)
Cholinesterase(medicine)
-22e-22-type cholinesterase(medicine)
true cholinesterase(medicine)
specific cholinesterase(medicine)
cholinesterase reactivator(medicine)
cholinesterase reactivators(medicine)
serum cholinesterase(medicine)
s-type cholinesterase(medicine)
non-specific cholinesterase(medicine)

peccary (iou) and Cholinesterase inhibitor (medicine)


peccary (iou)



peccary noun. E17.
[Carib pakira.]
Any of several dark-furred gregarious piglike artiodactyl mammals of the family Tayassuidae, which inhabit forest and forest scrub in Central and S. America; the skin of a peccary, tanned and used esp. for making gloves.
collared peccary Tayassu tajacu, whose range extends north to Texas. white-lipped peccary: see WHITE adjective.

Cholinesterase inhibitor (medicine)


cholinesterase inhibitor
<pharmacology> These are substances which which act to inhibit acetylcholinesterase, the enzyme which breaks down acetylcholine and thus enhance and subsequently prevent transmission of nerve impulses from one nerve cell to another or to a muscle.

Examples include pyridostigmine, ambenonium and neostigmine.