Neurotoxin

Neurotoxin
A substance that causes damage to nerves or nerve tissue. For example, lead is a neurotoxin.
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1. SYN: neurolysin. 2. Any toxin that acts specifically on nervous tissue.

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neu·ro·tox·in -'täk-sən n a poisonous protein complex that acts on the nervous system

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neu·ro·tox·in (noorґo-tok″sin) a toxin that is poisonous to or destroys nerve tissue, especially the exotoxins secreted by Clostridium botulinum, C. tetani, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and Shigella dysenteriae.

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