5-hydroxytryptamine
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The neurotransmitter serotonin. uncountable
- 2 a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory wordnet
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It is a tryptamine with a hydroxyl group attached to the carbon atom that is numbered as 5.