Relating to the stimulating action of acetylcholine and other nicotine-like agents on autonomic ganglia, adrenal medulla, and the motor end-plate of striated muscle.
* * *
nic·o·tin·ic .nik-ə-'tē-nik, -'tin-ik adj relating to, resembling, producing, or mediating the effects that are produced by acetylcholine liberated by nerve fibers at autonomic ganglia and at the neuromuscular junctions of voluntary muscle and that are mimicked by nicotine which increases activity in small doses and inhibits it in larger doses <\nicotinic receptors> compare MUSCARINIC
* * *
nic·o·tin·ic (nik″o-tinґik) denoting the effect of nicotine and other drugs in initially stimulating and subsequently, in high doses, inhibiting neural impulses at autonomic ganglia and the neuromuscular junction. See also nicotinic receptors, under receptor.Medical dictionary. 2011.