Neurotransmitter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.
"Anyway, my neurotransmitters are scrambled and they're going to stay scrambled. But I can do okay as long as other people don't know about me."
- 2 a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse wordnet
Example
More examples"Anyway, my neurotransmitters are scrambled and they're going to stay scrambled. But I can do okay as long as other people don't know about me."
Etymology
From neuro- + transmitter.