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A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, neuroscience, pharmacology, sciences, toxicology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
any toxin that affects neural tissues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neurolysin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: toxin
Narrower terms: botulinum toxin, domoic acid, saxitoxin, kokoi venom, tetrodotoxin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh1wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English toxin English neurotoxin From neuro- + toxin.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
neurotoxina
— type of toxin
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Chinese Mandarin:
神經毒素 /神经毒素
(shénjīngdúsù)
— type of toxin
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Czech:
neurotoxin
— type of toxin
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Finnish:
hermomyrkky
— type of toxin
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Finnish:
neurotoksiini
— type of toxin
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French:
neurotoxine
— type of toxin
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German:
Nervengift
— type of toxin
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German:
Neurotoxin
— type of toxin
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Greek:
νευροτοξίνη
(nevrotoxíni)
— type of toxin
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Icelandic:
taugaeitur
— type of toxin
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Japanese:
神経毒
(shinkeidoku)
— type of toxin
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Polish:
neurotoksyna
— type of toxin
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Portuguese:
neurotoxina
— type of toxin
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Romanian:
neurotoxină
— type of toxin
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Russian:
нейротокси́н
(nejrotoksín)
— type of toxin
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Swedish:
nervgift
— type of toxin
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Ukrainian:
нейротоксин
(nejrotoksyn)
— type of toxin