Medical Definition of uncoupler
: an agent that dissociates two integrated series of chemical reactions
especially
: one that prevents the formation of ATP in oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria by dissociating the reactions of phosphorylation from those concerned with electron transport and oxidation
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