reuptake

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, rare, uncountable) A second or subsequent uptake.
2. (countable, uncountable) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.

Verb

To take up again; to reabsorb.

Synonyms

re-uptake

Translations

recapture

reabsorção

Recaptação neuronal

reabsorción

recaptación

Etymology

From re- + uptake.