acetylcholine

See also: acétylcholine

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/

Noun

acetylcholine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)

2. (biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 11:

     Acetylcholine build-up in the body can be toxic.

Derived terms

• acetylcholine chloride
• acetylcholine receptor
• acetylcholinergic
• acetylcholinesterase
• acetylcholinic
• nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

 

Translations

the neurotransmitter compound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙酰膽鹼／乙酰胆碱 (zh) (yǐxiāndǎnjiǎn)

• Czech: acetylcholin m
• Dutch: acetylcholine (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: acetilkolino, acetilĥolino
• Finnish: asetyylikoliini
• French: acétylcholine (fr) f
• Galician: acetilcolina f
• German: Azetylcholin (de) n
• Greek: ακετυλοχολίνη f (aketylocholíni)
• Hungarian: acetilkolin (hu)
• Indonesian: asetilkolina
• Italian: acetilcolina (it) f
• Japanese: アセチルコリン (ja) (asechirukorin)
• Malagasy: asetilkôlinina (mg)
• Persian: استیل‌کولین
• Polish: acetylocholina (pl) f
• Portuguese: acetilcolina (pt) f
• Russian: ацетилхолин (ru) m (acetilxolin)
• Spanish: acetilcolina (es) f
• Swedish: acetylkolin (sv)