re-uptake

1. 1.

   a process of using up or consuming again

   “psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters”

   Synonymsreuptake

   Broaderuptake

Questions about re-uptake

What does re-uptake mean?

re-uptake means "a process of using up or consuming again".

How many syllables are in re-uptake?

re-uptake has 3 syllables: re--up-take. The stress falls on "re-".

What is another word for re-uptake?

Close synonyms include reuptake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.