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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

presynaptic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English synaptic English presynaptic From pre- + synaptic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.

Forms

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pre-synaptic alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

presynaptically

Relateds

presynapsis · postsynaptic

Translations (7)

kmr pêşgehînke (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · el προσυναπτικός (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · hu preszinaptikus (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · pl presynaptyczny (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · ru пресинаптический (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · fr présynaptique (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter) · sv presynaptisk (pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter)