Definition of "reuptake"

reuptake

noun
countable and uncountable, plural reuptakes
1. (rare) A second or subsequent uptake.
2. (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.
verb
third-person singular simple present reuptakes, present participle reuptaking, simple past reuptook, past participle reuptaken
1. (chiefly biochemistry, transitive) To take up again; to reabsorb.