Meanings
nounacetylcholine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)
plural acetylcholines
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
Acetylcholine build-up in the body can be toxic.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 11
Translations
Arabic أَسِيتِيل كُولِين
- أَسِيتِيل كُولِين (ʔasītīl kūlīn)the neurotransmitter compound
Bulgarian ацетилхолин
- ацетилхолин (acetilholin)the neurotransmitter compound
Chinese Mandarin 乙酰膽鹼 /乙酰胆碱
- 乙酰膽鹼 /乙酰胆碱 (yǐxiāndǎnjiǎn)the neurotransmitter compound
Czech acetylcholin
- acetylcholinthe neurotransmitter compound
Dutch acetylcholine
- acetylcholinethe neurotransmitter compound
Esperanto acetilkolino, acetilĥolino
- acetilkolinothe neurotransmitter compound
- acetilĥolinothe neurotransmitter compound
Finnish asetyylikoliini
- asetyylikoliinithe neurotransmitter compound
French acétylcholine
- acétylcholinethe neurotransmitter compound
German Azetylcholin
- Azetylcholinthe neurotransmitter compound
Greek ακετυλοχολίνη
- ακετυλοχολίνη (aketylocholíni)the neurotransmitter compound
Hungarian acetilkolin
- acetilkolinthe neurotransmitter compound
Indonesian asetilkolina
- asetilkolinathe neurotransmitter compound
Italian acetilcolina
- acetilcolinathe neurotransmitter compound
Japanese アセチルコリン
- アセチルコリン (asechirukorin)the neurotransmitter compound
Persian استیلکولین
- استیلکولینthe neurotransmitter compound
Polish acetylocholina
- acetylocholinathe neurotransmitter compound
Portuguese acetilcolina
- acetilcolinathe neurotransmitter compound
Russian ацетилхолин
- ацетилхолин (acetilxolin)the neurotransmitter compound
Spanish acetilcolina
- acetilcolinathe neurotransmitter compound
Swedish acetylkolin
- acetylkolinthe neurotransmitter compound
Ukrainian ацетилхолі́н
- ацетилхолі́н (acetylxolín)the neurotransmitter compound
Cite this entry
APA
acetylcholine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylcholine
MLA
“acetylcholine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylcholine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acetylcholine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acetylcholine.
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