Medical Definition of Tachykinin

1. Any member of a group of polypeptides, widely scattered in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues, that have in common four of the five terminal amino acids: Phe-Xaa-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2; pharmacologically, they all cause hypotension in mammals, contraction of gut and bladder smooth muscle, and secretion of saliva. Origin: G. Tachys, swift, + kineo, to move, + -in (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachykinin

tachycardia
tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome
tachycardiac
tachycardias
tachycardia en salves
tachycardia exophthalmica
tachycardia window
tachycardic
tachycrotic
tachyglossa
Tachyglossidae
Tachyglossus
tachygraphic
tachygraphical
tachygraphy
tachykinin (current term)
tachykinins
tachylalia
tachylite
tachylites
tachylogia
tachylyte
tachylyte
tachylytes
tachymeter
tachyon
tachyonic
tachyons
tachypacing
tachyphagia

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