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ACETYLCHOLINE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does acetylcholine mean?

• ACETYLCHOLINE (noun)
The noun ACETYLCHOLINE has 1 sense:

1. a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Familiarity information: ACETYLCHOLINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACETYLCHOLINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acetylcholine" is a kind of...):

neurotransmitter (transmits nerve impulses across a synapse)

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