Associations to the word «Reuptake»

Wiktionary

REUPTAKE, noun. (rare) A second or subsequent uptake
REUPTAKE, noun. (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse

Dictionary definition

REUPTAKE, noun. A process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley