neurotransmitter

See also: Neurotransmitter

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ transmitter.

Noun

neurotransmitter (plural neurotransmitters)

(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:neurotransmitter

Derived terms

retrograde neurotransmitter

Translations

substance responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons

Catalan: neurotransmissor m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 神經傳導物質, 神经传导物质 (san⁴ ging¹ cyun⁴ dou⁶ mat⁶ zat¹)

Mandarin: 神經傳導物質, 神经传导物质 (shénjīng zhuàndǎo wùzhí)
Czech: neurotransmiter (cs) m
Dutch: neurotransmitter (nl) m
Esperanto: neŭrotransmisiilo, neŭrotransigilo
Finnish: aivojen välittäjäaine, hermoston välittäjäaine, hermovälittäjäaine
French: neurotransmetteur (fr) m
Galician: neurotransmisor m

German: Neurotransmitter (de) m
Greek: νευροδιαβιβαστής (el) m (nevrodiavivastís)
Hungarian: neurotranszmitter (hu)
Japanese: 神経伝達物質 (しんけいでんたつぶっしつ, shinkei dentatsu busshitsu)
Korean: 신경전달물질 (sin-gyeongjeondalmuljil) (神經傳導物質)
Persian: انتقال‌دهنده عصبی‎ (enteqâl-dahande asabi)
Portuguese: neurotransmissor m
Russian: нейромедиа́тор (ru) m (nejromediátor), нейротрансми́ттер (ru) m (nejrotransmíttɛr)
Spanish: neurotransmisor m

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