reuptake

English

Etymology

re- +‎ uptake

Noun

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

Translations

Reabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron

Catalan: recaptació neuronal
Danish: neuronale genoptagelse
French: recaptage neuronal
German: neuronalen Wiederaufnahme

Italian: ricaptazione neuronale
Portuguese: recaptação neuronal
Spanish: recaptación neuronal, recaptación f
Swedish: neuronal återupptag

Verb

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.

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