acetylcholine

See also: acétylcholine

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/

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 CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃.
- 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 11:
  Acetylcholine build-up in the body can be toxic.

Derived terms

Translations

the neurotransmitter compound

Chinese:
Mandarin: 乙酰膽鹼／乙酰胆碱 (zh) (yǐxiāndǎnjiǎn)
Czech: acetylcholin m
Dutch: acetylcholine (nl) m or f
Esperanto: acetilkolino, acetilĥolino
Finnish: asetyylikoliini
French: acétylcholine (fr) f
Galician: acetilcolina f
German: Azetylcholin (de) n
Greek: ακετυλοχολίνη f (aketylocholíni)
Hungarian: acetilkolin (hu)
Indonesian: asetilkolina
Italian: acetilcolina (it) f
Japanese: アセチルコリン (asechirukorin)
Malagasy: asetilkôlinina (mg)
Persian: استیل‌کولین
Polish: acetylocholina (pl) f
Portuguese: acetilcolina (pt) f
Russian: ацетилхолин (ru) m (acetilxolin)
Spanish: acetilcolina (es) f
Swedish: acetylkolin (sv)

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