Meaning

1 senses
  1. A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.

    Nervengift, Neurotoxin

    нейротокси́нnejrotoksín

    нейротоксинnejrotoksyn

More definitions
  • any toxin that affects neural tissues

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Lead is a potent neurotoxin.

    deBlei ist ein wirksames Nervengift. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Origin

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Forms

plural: neurotoxins
Singularneurotoxin
Pluralneurotoxins

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

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