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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of re-uptake

First recorded in 1970–75