Usually means: Site where neurotransmitters are released.
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  2. presynaptic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. presynaptic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. presynaptic: Collins English Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  (cytology) In a synapse, of or pertaining to the neuron that releases neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft.

Similar:
postsynaptic, synaptic, synaptical, synaptosomal, synaptogenic, supersynaptic, desynaptic, axonal, protosynaptic, synaptiform, more...

Opposite:
postsynaptic, retrograde, afferent

Types:
axon, dendrite, soma, axon terminal, dendrite terminal, axon hillock, dendrite hillock, more...

Phrases:
presynaptic membrane, presynaptic terminal, presynaptic terminals, presynaptic receptors, presynaptic cell, more...

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Similar:
postsynaptic, synaptic, synaptical, synaptosomal, synaptogenic, supersynaptic, desynaptic, axonal, protosynaptic, synaptiform, more...

Opposite:
postsynaptic, retrograde, afferent

Types:
axon, dendrite, soma, axon terminal, dendrite terminal, axon hillock, dendrite hillock, more...

Phrases:
presynaptic membrane, presynaptic terminal, presynaptic terminals, presynaptic receptors, presynaptic cell, presynaptic vesicle, more...

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