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Autacoids
Medical Definition: | A chemically diverse group of substances produced by various tissues in the body that cause slow contraction of smooth muscle; they have other intense but varied pharmacologic activities. |
Guide Notes: | slow-reacting substances: note X ref; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics |
Previously Indexed: | Muscle, Smooth/physiology (1966),specific tissue (1966) |
Autacoids Medical Definitions and Terms
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