acetylcholine

acetylcholine

See also: acétylcholine

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

acetylcholine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcholines)

1. (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

• acetylcholine chloride
• acetylcholine receptor
• acetylcholinesterase
• nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

 

Translations

the neurotransmitter compound

Chinese: Mandarin: 乙酰膽鹼 (zh), 乙酰胆碱 (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)