neurotransmitter

top

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun neurotransmitter has 1 sense

neurotransmitter(n = noun.substance) Array - a neurochemical that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse; Array

gamma aminobutyric acid

acetylcholine

is a kind of neurochemical

top

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neurotransmitter, n. Biochem. a chemical substance released from a nerve fibre that effects the transfer of an impulse to another nerve or muscle.