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reuptake

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re·up·take  (r-ptk)
n.
The reabsorption of a neurotransmitter, such as serotonin or norepinephrine, by a neuron following impulse transmission across a synapse.
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Noun1.reuptake - a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"
re-uptake
uptake - a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"


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