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neurotransmitter

neu·ro·trans·mit·ter
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noo r-oh-trans-mit-er, -tranz-, nyoo r-]
    • /ˌnʊər oʊˈtræns mɪt ər, -ˈtrænz-, ˌnyʊər-/
    • /ˌnjʊə.rəʊ.trænzˈmɪt.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noo r-oh-trans-mit-er, -tranz-, nyoo r-]
    • /ˌnʊər oʊˈtræns mɪt ər, -ˈtrænz-, ˌnyʊər-/

Definitions of neurotransmitter word

  • noun neurotransmitter any of several chemical substances, as epinephrine or acetylcholine, that transmit nerve impulses across a synapse to a postsynaptic element, as another nerve, muscle, or gland. 1
  • noun neurotransmitter A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or some other structure. 1
  • noun neurotransmitter brain chemical 1
  • noun neurotransmitter a chemical by which a nerve cell communicates with another nerve cell or with a muscle 0
  • noun neurotransmitter a biochemical substance, as acetylcholine or norepinephrine, that transmits or inhibits nerve impulses at a synapse 0
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Origin of neurotransmitter

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; neuro- + transmitter

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • acetylcholinesterase

    an enzyme in nerve cells that is responsible for the destruction of acetylcholine and thus for switching off excitation of the nerve

  • dopamine

    Biochemistry. a catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, retina, and sympathetic ganglia, acting within the brain to help regulate movement and emotion: its depletion may cause Parkinson's disease. Compare dopa.

  • gaba

    a neurotransmitter of the central nervous system that inhibits excitatory responses.

  • norepinephrine

    Also called noradrenaline. Physiology. a neurotransmitter, released by adrenergic nerve terminals in the autonomic and possibly the central nervous system, that has such effects as constricting blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and dilating bronchi.

  • physostigmine

    an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.

  • re-uptake

    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.
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