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synaptotoxicity

synaptotoxicity noun: the condition of being synaptotoxic.

Noun

synaptotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural synaptotoxicities)

  1. The condition of being synaptotoxic
    • Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity.2015 November 6, “The mTOR Inhibitor Rapamycin Mitigates Perforant Pathway Neurodegeneration and Synapse Loss in a Mouse Model of Early-Stage Alzheimer-Type Tauopathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of synaptotoxicity

pluralsynaptotoxicities

Origin of synaptotoxicity

From synapto- + toxicity.

Questions about synaptotoxicity

What does synaptotoxicity mean?
Synaptotoxicity means the condition of being synaptotoxic.
What part of speech is synaptotoxicity?
Synaptotoxicity is a noun.
What is the plural of synaptotoxicity?
The plural of synaptotoxicity is synaptotoxicities.

Words near synaptotoxicity in the dictionary

  1. synaptospermy
  2. synaptotagmin
  3. synaptotagmins
  4. synaptotoxic
  5. synaptotoxicities
  6. synaptotoxicity
  7. synaptotoxin
  8. synaptotoxins
  9. synaptotrophic
  10. synaptotropic
  11. synaptoxic

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