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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-acetylcholine.wav [US] Forms: acetylcholines [plural]
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  1. (biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃. Wikidata QID: Q180623 Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: acetylcholine chloride, acetylcholine receptor, acetylcholinergic, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinic, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Translations (the neurotransmitter compound): أَسِيتِيل كُولِين (ʔasītīl kūlīn) [masculine] (Arabic), ацетилхолин (acetilholin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 乙酰膽鹼 /乙酰胆碱 (yǐxiāndǎnjiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), acetylcholin [masculine] (Czech), acetylcholine [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), acetilkolino (Esperanto), acetilĥolino (Esperanto), asetyylikoliini (Finnish), acétylcholine [feminine] (French), acetilcolina [feminine] (Galician), Azetylcholin [neuter] (German), ακετυλοχολίνη (aketylocholíni) [feminine] (Greek), acetilkolin (Hungarian), asetilkolina (Indonesian), acetilcolina [feminine] (Italian), アセチルコリン (asechirukorin) (Japanese), asetilkôlinina (Malagasy), استیلکولین (Persian), acetylocholina [feminine] (Polish), acetilcolina [feminine] (Portuguese), ацетилхолин (acetilxolin) [masculine] (Russian), acetilcolina [feminine] (Spanish), acetylkolin (Swedish), ацетилхолі́н (acetylxolín) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "استیلکولین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acetylocholina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acetilcolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "acetilxolin",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ацетилхолин"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acetilcolina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "word": "acetylkolin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "acetylxolín",
      "sense": "the neurotransmitter compound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ацетилхолі́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acetylcholine"
}

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