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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche