Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ex·ci·to·tox·ic Pronunciation:
ik-"sIt-&-'täk-sik Function:
adjective : being, involving, or resulting fromthe 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. Collinset al> —ex·ci·to·tox·ic·i·ty /-(")täk-'sis-&-tE/ noun plural -ties
