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5-hydroxytryptamine

5-hydroxytryptamine noun: the neurotransmitter serotonin.

5-hydroxytryptamine: the neurotransmitter serotonin
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Noun

5-hydroxytryptamine (uncountable)

  1. The neurotransmitter serotonin.
    Synonyms:
    5-HT

Synonyms of 5-hydroxytryptamine

Origin of 5-hydroxytryptamine

It is a tryptamine with a hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom that is numbered as 5.

Questions about 5-hydroxytryptamine

What does 5-hydroxytryptamine mean?
5-hydroxytryptamine means the neurotransmitter serotonin.
What part of speech is 5-hydroxytryptamine?
5-hydroxytryptamine is a noun.

Words near 5-hydroxytryptamine in the dictionary

  1. 5-em space
  2. 5-em spaces
  3. 5-gon
  4. 5-gons
  5. 5-HT
  6. 5-hydroxytryptamine
  7. 5-K
  8. 5-Ks
  9. 5-MeO-DMT
  10. 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine
  11. 5-O

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