acetylcholine
nounHow to pronounce acetylcholine:
Definition of acetylcholine:
- acetylcholine (noun):
- a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
- a neurotransmitter [c7h16no2]+ released at autonomic synapses and neuromuscular junctions and formed enzymatically in the tissues from choline
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- acetylation
- acetabulum
- acetabular
- acceleration
- acariasis
- aborigine
- aboriginal
- abandonedly
- unaffordable
- miscalculated
- unapproachable
- unhurriedly
- uneventfully
- pecuniary
- anachronistic
- overexcited
- conservationist
- participating
- sixty nine hundred
- ceremonial
- efficacious
- unutterably
- geographical
- exceptional
- enlighteningly
- cyclothymia
- incapacitate
- validatory
- unexpectedness
- contradictory
- regurgitation
- anthropogenic
- stoichiometric
- mediocrity
- unsolicited
- insectivorous
- inimitable
- uproariously
- self-indignation
- epididymis
- echolalia
- commemoration
- annihilation
- parallelism
- oversensitive
- inspirational
- forty four hundred
- exasperating
- corroborator
- gullibility
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