neurotropic

1. 1.

   (of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially

   medicine

Questions about neurotropic

What does neurotropic mean?

neurotropic means "(of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially".

How many syllables are in neurotropic?

neurotropic has 5 syllables and divides as ne-u-ro-tro-pic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is neurotropic a common word?

neurotropic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.