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Medical Definition of Excitotoxic
1. Possessing the property of exciting and then poisoning cells or tissues; examples include nerve injury produced by glutamate. Origin: excite + G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000)
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1. Possessing the property of exciting and then poisoning cells or tissues; examples include nerve injury produced by glutamate. Origin: excite + G. Toxikon, poison (05 Mar 2000)