n.
A toxin that damages or destroys nerve tissue.
neurotoxic neu'ro·tox'ic (-tŏk'sĭk) adj.
neurotoxicity neu'ro·tox·ic'i·ty (-tŏk-sĭs'ĭ-tē) n.
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