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NEUROTROPIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neurotropic mean?
• NEUROTROPIC (adjective)
The adjective NEUROTROPIC has 1 sense:
1. (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially
Familiarity information: NEUROTROPIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Pertainym:
neurotropism (an affinity for neural tissues)
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