Cholinergic

/ˌkoʊlɪˈnɜːrdʒɪk/ adjective

Relating to or activated by acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter; describing nerves or receptors that use acetylcholine.

From 'choline' (the chemical precursor) + '-ergic' (producing or transmitting). Coined in 20th-century neurobiology as scientists understood how the nervous system works.

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