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neurotransmit

neurotransmit verb: to send nerve signals across a synapse between neurons.

Verb

neurotransmit (third-person singular simple present neurotransmits, present participle neurotransmitting, simple past and past participle neurotransmitted)

  1. To send nerve signals across a synapse between neurons.

Forms of neurotransmit

third-person singular presentneurotransmits
present participleneurotransmitting
past participleneurotransmitted
pastneurotransmitted

Origin of neurotransmit

From neuro- + transmit.

Questions about neurotransmit

What does neurotransmit mean?
Neurotransmit means to send nerve signals across a synapse between neurons.
What part of speech is neurotransmit?
Neurotransmit is a verb.
What is the past tense of neurotransmit?
The past tense of neurotransmit is neurotransmitted.

Words near neurotransmit in the dictionary

  1. neurotransformations
  2. neurotransmission
  3. neurotransmissional
  4. neurotransmissions
  5. neurotransmissive
  6. neurotransmit
  7. neurotransmiter
  8. neurotransmiters
  9. neurotransmitted
  10. neurotransmitter
  11. neurotransmitters

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