Associations to the word «Reuptake»

Wiktionary

REUPTAKE, noun. (rare) A second or subsequent uptake
REUPTAKE, noun. (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse

Dictionary definition

REUPTAKE, noun. A process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters".

Wise words

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