ne-, neo- +

Newly formed; said especially of rocks and minerals.

A hypopharyngeal fistula constructed at the upper end of the trachea after total laryngectomy and serving as a new glottis. 2. A glottis (vocal folds and the opening between them) created by suturing the pharyngeal mucosa over the superior end of the transected trachea (air passage) above the primary tracheostoma (opening into the trachea through the neck) to make a permanent stoma (opening created by a surgeon) in the mucosa (moist lining); done to permit speech after laryngectomy (partial or total removal of the larynx by surgery).

1. A new or novel way of writing.
2. A new method or system of writing.

A branch of ichnology (branch of paleontology as represented by fossils) concerned with the study of modern traces (such as burrows, trails, etc.) created by organisms on and within fresh sediments.

1. Resembling something new or recent.
2. Like new in shape or form.

1. A 19th-century movement in painting, led by the pointillist Georges Seurat, that favored stricter and more formal techniques of composition than impressionism.
2. The doctrines and methods of a group of artists of the 19th century, based on a more strictly scientific practice of impressionist technique.

1. Concerning the portion of the nervous system that regulates voluntary muscular control.
2. The most recently developed nervous system.

The use of neologisms in speech; especially, those associated with schizophrenia.

The use of neologisms in speech; especially, as seen in some psychiatric disorders.

The cult of novelty or the "worship" of what is new.

A Neolithic implement.

A reference to the period of human culture following the Mesolithic period; characterized by a great variety of polished stone, implements, and the development of new social forms based on primitive techniques in weaving, spinning, and pottery-making, and the introduction of a settled agriculture exploiting many new domesticated plants.

1. A recently coined word or phrase, or a recently extended meaning of an existing word or phrase.
2. The practice of coining new words or phrases, or of extending the meaning of existing words or phrases.
3. In medicine and psychiatry, a new word or phrase of the patient's own making often seen in schizophrenia (e.g., "headshoe" to mean hat), or an existing word used in a new sense.

In psychiatry, such usages may have meaning only to the patient or be indicative of his/her condition.

4. The use of an unconventional vocabulary innovation; when the use of such a coinage or innovation is either rationally, to represent a new idea, method, or object; or as with a disordered neurologic condition; such as, delirium, or in a mental disorder as with schizophrenia, when the patient wishes to express a highly complex meaning related to his/her conflicts.
5. Etymology: "practice of innovation in language", 1800, from French néologisme, from Greek neo-, "new" + Greek logos, "word".

1. A lexicographer of new words and expressions or a person who coins or makes up new words.
2. Someone who invents or employs new words.
3. Anyone who introduces, or uses new words, or new senses of existing words.
4. A person who adopts new views, or new doctrines; especially, a new interpretation of sacred writings or views of theology.
5. In psychiatry, someone who produces a new word, often consisting of a combination of other words, that is understood only by the speaker.

This occurs most often in the speech of schizophrenics.

1. To use new words or phrases.
2. Making use of new words or new meanings for old words.