reuptake
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
reuptake (countable and uncountable, plural reuptakes)
- (rare) A second or subsequent uptake.
- (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.
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Translations edit
reabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
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Verb edit
reuptake (third-person singular simple present reuptakes, present participle reuptaking, simple past reuptook, past participle reuptaken)
- (chiefly biochemistry, transitive) To take up again; to reabsorb.