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acetylcholine

acetylcholine

See also: acétylcholine

English

Noun

acetylcholine ‎(countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)

(biochemistry) A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃CO O CH₂ CH₂ N⁺(CH₃)₃.

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Translations

the neurotransmitter compound

Czech: acetylcholin m
Dutch: acetylcholine (nl) m, f
Finnish: asetyylikoliini
French: acétylcholine (fr) f
German: Azetylcholin (de) n
Greek: ακετυλοχολίνη f ‎(aketylocholíni)

Hungarian: acetilkolin (hu)
Italian: acetilcolina (it) f
Japanese: アセチルコリン ‎(asechirukorin)
Portuguese: acetilcolina f
Spanish: acetilcolina (es) f
Swedish: acetylkolin (sv)