excitotoxic
adjective
ex·ci·to·tox·ic
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Medical Definition of excitotoxic
: being, involving, or resulting from the action of an agent that binds to a nerve cell receptor, stimulates the cell, and damages it or causes its death
excitotoxic damage to cortical interneurons— R. C. Collins et al
Other Words from excitotoxic
excitotoxicity
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noun,
plural excitoxicities
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noun,
plural excitoxicities