ne-, neo- +

1. An intense fear of novelty, new things, change, innovations, or unfamiliar things.
2. An aversion to all that is new; and so, which is unknown or not understood.

Any new psychosis of childhood.

The scientific description of the kidneys.

1. A beginner or novice at something.
2. A recent convert to a religion, a new convert or proselyte; a name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to such as have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially.
3. A new resident of a religious community who has not yet taken vows.
4. A plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded before.

A new and abnormal formation of tissue; such as, a tumor or growth.

It serves no useful function, but it grows at the expense of the healthy organism.

A reference to a growth or formation of tissue resulting from a morbid action; such as, a tumor.

1. The renewal by surgical formation, or restoration, of bodily parts.
2. Plastic surgery for the restoration of old body parts, or the formation of new parts in the body.

1. Regarding young birds, a down feather which forms the natal plumage.
2. Feathers of nestlings; down feathers, or the down of newly hatched birds.

The plumage of the newborn chick is downy, called neossoptile; the development which follows is termed teleoptile.

Juvenal plumage, is frequently distinct from that of the adult bird; is often drab, streaked, or spotted, and thus camouflages the young bird.

The surgical formation of a new artificial opening into a bodily organ or between two bodily organs.

Denoting, or belonging to, the most recent stage of industrial development.

1. A technique for predicting earthquakes that involves measuring the recent rate of slippage of landmarks along faults.
2. The study of the most recent structures and structural history of the earth's crust, from the end of the Miocene epoch to the present.

1. Having a recent, modern, or contemporary origin.
2. Referring to a new or modern writer, thinker, etc.

1. An innovation or novelty; a neoteric word or phrase. 2. An innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression.
3. The use of new words, terms, or expressions.

Any one who uses new words, terms, or expressions.

A reference to that which is new, modern, or recently introduced; such as, the coinage of new words, or a newly coined word.