"acetylcholine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/ [General-American] Forms: acetylcholines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acetylcholine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)
  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 Wikipedia link: acetylcholine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Neurotransmitters Derived forms: acetylcholine chloride, acetylcholine receptor, acetylcholinergic, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinic, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Translations (the neurotransmitter compound): 乙酰膽鹼 (Chinese Mandarin), 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)

Inflected forms

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