neurotransmission
UK/ˌnjʊəɹəʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/US/ˌnʊɹoʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/
neurotransmission noun: the transfer of impulses between neurons.
Noun
neurotransmission (countable and uncountable, plural neurotransmissions)
- The transfer of impulses between neurons.
- Synonyms:
- synaptic transmission
Synonyms of neurotransmission
- synaptic transmission
Forms of neurotransmission
| plural | neurotransmissions |
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Origin of neurotransmission
From neuro- + transmission.
Words formed from neurotransmission
Words that rhyme with neurotransmission
- partition
- position
- proposition
- transition
- mission
- condition
- commission
- transmission
- addition
- admission
- attrition
- expedition
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- remission
- rendition
- exhibition
- submission
- ignition
- inhibition
- inquisition
- intromission
- magician
- omission
- suspicion
- tradition
- dentition
- edition
- patrician
- politician
- tuition
- acquisition
- circumposition
- decommission
- fission
- nutrition
- perdition
- permission
- phonetician
- prohibition
- superposition
- volition
- academician
- aesthetician
- Apician
- clinician
- coalition
- disquisition
- emission
- fruition
- Galician
- on a mission
- optician
- postposition
- premonition
- recommission
- retransition
- sedition
- superstition
- titian
- abligurition
- admonition
Questions about neurotransmission
- What does neurotransmission mean?
- Neurotransmission means the transfer of impulses between neurons.
- What part of speech is neurotransmission?
- Neurotransmission is a noun.
- How do you pronounce neurotransmission?
- Neurotransmission is pronounced /ˌnʊɹoʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of neurotransmission?
- The plural of neurotransmission is neurotransmissions.
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