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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 preferentiallyplay

  Familiarity information: NEUROTROPIC used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEUROTROPIC (adjective)


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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