synaptotoxicity

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noun

The condition of being synaptotoxic

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Meanings

nounsynaptotoxicity (countable and uncountable, plural synaptotoxicities)

plural synaptotoxicities

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

From synapto- + toxicity.

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APA

synaptotoxicity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synaptotoxicity

MLA

“synaptotoxicity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synaptotoxicity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synaptotoxicity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synaptotoxicity.

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