ne-, neo- +
(Greek: new, recent, current, young)
angioneoplasm
An obsolete term for angioma (a benign tumor consisting chiefly of dilated or newly formed blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma).
neallotype
A type of specimen of the opposite sex to that of the specimen previously chosen for designation of a new species.
nealogy
1. The study of young animals after birth and during early immaturity.
2. Regarding mankind, the study of infants.
3. The study of young and immature organisms.
neanic
1. Adolescent; a reference to the larval phase of insects preceding that of the adult form.
2. A reference to characters that first appeared, in evolution, in early ontogenetic stages.
neanthropic, neoanthropic
A reference to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
nearctic
Relating to or located in the region of plant and animal life in the Arctic and temperate areas of Greenland and North America.
neoarthrosis, nearthrosis
A new body joint, as a pseudarthrosis or a surgically placed artificial joint.
neobehaviorism
a newly modified view of behaviorism that regards actions as being affected by internal psychological states as well as by external stimuli.
neobiogenesis
The theory that life can originate from nonliving matter.
neoblastic
1. Developing in or characteristic of new tissue.
2. Originating in or of the nature of new tissue.
neobotamy
The discovery of new species of plants.
neocarpy
The production of fruit by an otherwise immature plant.
Neocene
More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.
neoclassic, Neoclassic
1. Belonging or referring to a revival of classic styles or something that is held to resemble classic styles; such as, in art, literature, music, or architecture.
2. Pertaining to, or designating a style of painting and sculpture developed principally from the mid-18th through the mid-19th centuries, characterized chiefly by an iconography derived from classical antiquity, a hierarchical conception of subject matter, severity of composition and; especially, in painting, by an oblique lighting of forms in the early phase and a strict linear quality in the later phase of the style.
3. In architecture, referring to, or designating, neoclassicism.
4. In literature, characterized by, or designating, a style of poetry or prose, developed chiefly in the 17th and 18th centuries, rigidly adhering to canons of form that were derived mainly from classical antiquity, which were exemplified by decorum of style or diction, the three unities, etc.; and that emphasized an impersonal expression of universal truths as shown in human actions, representing them principally in satiric and didactic modes.
neoclassical
1. Characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style.
2. Relating to or belonging to a style of art and architecture prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the simple, symmetrical forms of ancient Greek and Roman art.
3. Relating to or characteristic of the European revival of Greek and Roman literary forms.
4. In music, relating to a movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that favored the more formal style of composers before the Romantic movement.
Cross references of word families related to: "new, recent":
cen-, ceno-;
nov-, novo-.