How to Use neurotoxin in a Sentence

neurotoxin

noun

• Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can damage the brain and kidneys and can affect the way the body makes red blood cells.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
• The birds were all killed by a neurotoxin called Avitrol.
  — oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
• The neurotoxin will just need to degrade in your system on its own over time.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 3 Nov. 2022
• All parts of the plant contain a neurotoxin called cycasin, which can be deadly – even in tiny amounts – to dogs and cats.
  — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
• First things first: Dermal fillers aren't the same as neurotoxins like Botox and Dysport.
  — Annie Tomlin, SELF, 13 July 2017
• The neurotoxin might have been absorbed through their skin.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Star Tribune, 24 Sep. 2020
• Researchers say the sting of a murder hornet is painful and packed with neurotoxins.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 May 2020
• And in Austin, Texas, in early August, three dogs died because of the same neurotoxins, their owners said, and the city closed the lake where the dogs had been swimming.
  — Katie Mettler, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
• The harm of lead additives in gas is an exception, in that it was known from the get-go—lead has been known to be a neurotoxin since ancient Greece.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Botox and Dysport are neurotoxins that can be used to balance the muscles in the forehead in order to elevate the brows.
  — Carlos Wolf, miamiherald, 29 Jan. 2018
• The seeds also contain a neurotoxin that is toxic to dogs.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 16 May 2023
• Wasp stings are also more painful than bee stings and contain the neurotoxin Acetylcholine.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2017
• This neurotoxin is found in other creatures, like poison dart frogs and even the beetles that the pitohui eats.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022
• In the most delicious species, the innards are suffused with the neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin (TTX).
  — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2020
• The massive snakes, like some fish, could be full of mercury, a neurotoxin that is dangerous to humans.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2020
• Lead is a neurotoxin, and no amount is considered safe.
  — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
• Lead is a neurotoxin, and there is no safe level of consumption.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Botox is actually a brand of botulinum neurotoxin that has been adopted as the catch-all term for the treatment.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 3 Nov. 2022
• Black with distinctive red stripes down the sides, the frog harbors a potent neurotoxin in its skin, which can cause seizures and paralysis.
  — Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2014
• The neurotoxin is poisonous to humans and resulted in the delay of three of the past four commercial crab seasons.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Mercury is a deadly neurotoxin that, when emitted from a coal plant, can end up in nearby water and soil.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
• Pound for pound — or nanogram for nanogram, as is the case — the neurotoxin botulinum, produced by bacteria, is the deadliest substance known.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2018
• Jeuveau is the newest neurotoxin on the market and approved for glabellar lines.
  — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 17 Sep. 2020
• The mushrooms, eaten alone, contain a dangerous amount of the neurotoxin Ibotenic acid.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
• The neurotoxins produced by harmful algae blooms can cause massive fish kills, with dead fish washing up on shores by the thousands.
  — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
• Hammerhead worms secrete tetrodotoxin, a neurotoxin also found in puffer fish, which can cause a rash if touched with bare hands.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• The southern hydrilla strain, about which much more is known after years of study, harbors an algae-like cyanobacteria that produces a neurotoxin that gets into the food chain and kills birds.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
• Lead, a neurotoxin, leached from the city's aging pipes and into the water that flowed from the faucets, causing irreparable damage, especially in children, whose brains and bones were still developing.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024