acetylcholine

See also: acétylcholine

English

Noun

acetylcholine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)

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

Derived terms

• acetylcholine receptor
• acetylcholinesterase

Translations

the neurotransmitter compound

• Czech: acetylcholin m
• Dutch: acetylcholine (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: acetilkolino
• Finnish: asetyylikoliini
• French: acétylcholine (fr) f
• Galician: acetilcolina f
• German: Azetylcholin (de) n
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• 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)