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neu·ro·trop·ic
 neurotropic
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- pronunciation:
- nu
r
tra
pihk
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
tending to enter or affect nerve tissue, as certain viruses.
- similar words:
- nervous
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The word neurotropic
contains the following parts:
neur, neuro
Greek
root
that means nerve
  Example words:
neuralgia, neurasthenia, neuritis, neurology, neuron, neuropathy, neuropsychiatry, neuropterous, neurosis, neurosurgery, neurotic, neurotransmitter, neurotropic, psychoneurosis
trop
Greek
root
that means turn, change
Example words:
allotrope, allotropy, diatropism, entropy, geotropism, heliotrope, heliotropism, hydrotropism, isotropic, neurotropic, nyctitropism, phototropism, psychotropic, thermotropism, trope, tropism, tropology, troposphere
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