cholinergia

English

Noun

cholinergia

1. A state of deep physiological relaxation or depression induced by high levels of acetylcholine.
   • 2006, Edward Bruce Bynum, Family Unconscious an Invisible Bond, page 70:

     The state of cholinergia involves an activation of the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system.

   • 2010, H. P. Albarelli, A Terrible Mistake, page 491:

     The Amanita muscaria induces cholinergia in an individual due to the presence of the drug muscarine, which is one of the very potent cholinergic drugs.

Derived terms

• hypocholinergia