neurotoxicityn.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)tɒkˈsɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊtɑkˈsɪsᵻdi/ Medicine.
Toxicity to the nervous system; an instance or type of this. Also: the degree to which a drug or other substance is neurotoxic.
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neurotoxicity1949
1949 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 91 339 Only such procedures as bear specifically on the comparative neurotoxicity of this drug for various animals will be set forth here.
1964 Science 1 May 539/1 A neurotoxicity with axonal degeneration and demyelination.
1971 Nature 20 Aug. 525/2 Between them the two proteins manifest ferocious neurotoxicity.
1986 Biochem. Jrnl. 237 397 Their rank order of potency was identical with that for their central neurotoxicities in rats.
1996 Economist 6 Apr. 99/3 The formal reason for the drug's proscription was fear of neurotoxicity—that it might cause a persistent drop in serotonin levels in the brain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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