"presynaptic" meaning in English

See presynaptic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: pre-synaptic [alternative]
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  1. (cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: presynaptically Related terms: postsynaptic, presynapsis Translations (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter): présynaptique (French), προσυναπτικός (prosynaptikós) [masculine] (Greek), preszinaptikus (Hungarian), pêşgehînke (Northern Kurdish), presynaptyczny (Polish), пресинаптический (presinaptičeskij) (Russian), presynaptisk (Swedish)

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