Definitions for reuptakeriˈʌpˌteɪk
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
re•up•takeriˈʌpˌteɪk(n.)
the reabsorption of a chemical into the cell that released it.
Category: Chemistry, Biochemistry
Origin of reuptake:
1975-80
Princeton's WordNet
reuptake, re-uptake(noun)
a process of using up or consuming again
"psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"
Wiktionary
reuptake(Noun)
A second or subsequent uptake
reuptake(Noun)
Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse
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