Medical Dictionary
2gate
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gat·edgat·ing
Medical Definition of GATE
: to control passage through a cell membrane by way of (a specific channel) by supplying a specific stimulus <a transmembrane ion channel gated by the neurotransmitter acetylcholine>—see ligand-gated, voltage-gated
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