reuptake

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.

• 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.