neurotropic

[ noor-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik, nyoor- ]

adjectiveMedicine/Medical.
  1. having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.

Origin of neurotropic

1
First recorded in 1900–05; neuro- + -tropic

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