neuroprotective
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That provides neuroprotection.
Example Sentences
- "It has been shown that PQQ could be involved in the treatment of neurological and psychical disorders. For example, it was demonstrated to have excellent neuroprotective efficacy in vitro and in vivo models of NMDAR-mediated or other neurotoxicant, such as methylmercury and 6-hydroxydopamine, induced neurotoxicity and electrical responses [4], to reduce the infarct size in animals with hypoxia and ischemia [5], to protect hippocampal neurons from the increase of the intracellular Ca²⁺ level and to be effective in an animal model of epilepsy [6]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Medieval Latin prōtēctīvusbor. English protective English neuroprotective From neuro- + protective.