reuptake

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noun

A second or subsequent uptake.

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Meanings

nounreuptake (countable and uncountable, plural reuptakes)

plural reuptakes

  1. countablerareuncountableA second or subsequent uptake.
  2. countableuncountablebiochemistrySpecifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.

    The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

    2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN
verbreuptake (third-person singular simple present reuptakes, present participle reuptaking, simple past reuptook, past participle reuptaken)

present singular third person reuptakes · participle present reuptaking · past reuptook · participle past reuptaken

  1. transitivebiochemistryTo take up again; to reabsorb.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna process of using up or consuming again

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Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishuptake
  7. Englishreuptake

From re- + uptake.

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Translations

Catalan recaptació neuronal
  • recaptació neuronalreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Danish neuronale genoptagelse
  • neuronale genoptagelsereabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
French recaptage neuronal
  • recaptage neuronalreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
German neuronale Wiederaufnahme
  • neuronale Wiederaufnahmereabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Hungarian visszavétel
  • visszavételreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Italian ricaptazione neuronale
  • ricaptazione neuronalereabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Portuguese recaptação neuronal
  • recaptação neuronalreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Spanish recaptación neuronal, recaptación
  • recaptación neuronalreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
  • recaptaciónreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
Swedish neuronal återupptag
  • neuronal återupptagreabsorption of neurotransmitter by neuron
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APA

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MLA

“reuptake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reuptake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reuptake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reuptake.

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