Usually means: Reabsorption of neurotransmitters by neurons.
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  1. reuptake: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  7. Reuptake: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reuptake)

noun:  (rare) A second or subsequent uptake.
noun:  (biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.
verb:  (chiefly biochemistry, transitive) To take up again; to reabsorb.

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