Acetylcholine

Noun CEFR C1

əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin

Definitions

A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolacetilcolina

Françaisacétylcholine

DeutschAcetylcholin Azetylcholin

13 more languages

العربيةأسيتيل كولين مشتقّ كولين أبيض و شفّاف

Češtinaacetylcholin

Ελληνικάακετυλοχολίνη

Esperantoacetilĥolino acetilkolino

Suomiasetyylikoliini

Bahasa Indonesiaasetilkolina

Italianoacetilcolina

日本語アセチルコリン

Malagasyasetilkôlinina

Nederlandsacetylcholine

Polskiacetylocholina

Portuguêsacetilcolina

Русскийацетилхолин

Examples

“Acetylcholine build-up in the body can be toxic.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

acetylcholine chloride acetylcholine receptor acetylcholinesterase acetylcholinic acetylcysteine acetyldigitoxin

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