acetylcholine

[ uh-seet-l-koh-leen, uh-set-, as-i-tl- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Biochemistry. the acetic acid ester of choline, C 7 H 17 NO 3 , released and hydrolyzed during nerve conduction and causing muscle action by transmitting nerve impulses across synapses.
Pharmacology. this substance used in its chloride form in eye surgery. : ACh

acetylcholine

/ -lɪn; ˌæsɪtaɪlˈkəʊliːn /

a chemical substance secreted at the ends of many nerve fibres, esp in the autonomic nervous system, and responsible for the transmission of nervous impulses. Formula: CH 3 CO 2 (CH 2 ) 2 N (CH 3 ) 3 ⁺

acetylcholine

/ ə-sēt′l-kō′lēn′ /

A substance that is released at the junction between neurons and skeletal muscle fibers, at the nerve endings of the parasympathetic nervous system, and across synapses in the central nervous system, where it acts as a neurotransmitter. Chemical formula: C 7 H 16 NO 2 .

a·ce·tyl·cho·lin·ic [uh, -seet-l-koh-, lin, -ik, uh, -set-, as-i-tl-], adjective

First recorded in 1905–10; acetyl + choline

It is in my brain and it is at a nerve terminus that the sugar is eventually synthesized to the hormone acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter.

It inactivates an enzyme which controls the transmission of nerve impulses to muscle, acetylcholine esterase.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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