reuptake

From re- +‎ uptake.

reuptake (countable and uncountable, plural reuptakes)

1. (rare) A second or subsequent uptake.
2. (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.
   • 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.

• reuptaker
• selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
• serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor

reuptake (third-person singular simple present reuptakes, present participle reuptaking, simple past reuptook, past participle reuptaken)

1. (chiefly biochemistry, transitive) To take up again; to reabsorb.