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pre-synaptic

pre-synaptic is the alternative form of presynaptic.

Meaning of presynaptic

Adjective

presynaptic (not comparable)

  1. In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.

Questions about pre-synaptic

What is pre-synaptic the alternative form of?
Pre-synaptic is the alternative form of presynaptic.

Words near pre-synaptic in the dictionary

  1. pre-supposes
  2. pre-supposing
  3. pre-surgery
  4. pre-surgical
  5. pre-symptomatic
  6. pre-synaptic
  7. pre-syncope
  8. pre-syncopes
  9. pre-T
  10. pre-tax
  11. pre-teach

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pre-synaptic (page history and authors); presynaptic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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