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
re-strain,
re-trace,
re-tread,
re-treat,
re-up,
re-uptake,
re.,
rea,
rea silvia,
reabsorption,
reach