re-uptake

[ ree-uhp-teyk ]
/ riˈʌp teɪk /

noun Physiology.

the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.

Origin of re-uptake

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby re-uptake