Reuptake

Definitions of reuptake

noun
a process of using up or consuming again

“psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters”

synonyms: re-uptake

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uptake
a process of taking up or using up or consuming

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