neurotoxin

From neuro- +‎ toxin.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈn(j)ʊɹoʊtɑksɪn/

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neurotoxin (plural neurotoxins)

1. (neuroscience, toxicology, pharmacology) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 31:

     There were stretches of days when the lakes were closed because of the algae. It sometimes secreted neurotoxins that could be fatal.

   • 2020 December 4, Ligaya Mishan, “The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu”, in The New York Times Style Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 January 2021:

     Among those who think of fugu as merely a distant delicacy, knowledge rarely goes beyond the fish’s infamous trait: In the most delicious species, the innards are suffused with the neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX).

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