neuro-, neur-, neuri-, -neuroma, -neurotic, -neurosis, -neuron, -neural, -neuria
(Greek: nerve, tendon, sinew, cord)
neuroallergy
An allergic reaction in nervous tissue.
neuroanastomosis
Surgical formation of a junction between nerves.
neuroanatomist
A specialist in the field of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
neuroanatomy
1. Study of the anatomy of the nervous system as a specialty or discipline.
2. That branch of neurology which is concerned with the anatomy of the nervous system.
neuroarthropathy
Any disease of joint structures associated with disease of the central or peripheral nervous system.
neurobabble
Neurological jargon used inaccurately or simplistically.
neurobics
A term for mental exercises which are used to increase the range of mental motion by activating different parts of the brain.
Apparently coined in imitation of the word aerobics by Dr Lawrence C Katz and Manning Rubin in their 1999 book Keep Your Brain Alive to present mental exercises invented to help people keep their brains "alive". Remaining mentally active, it’s advocated, keeps the links between brain cells alive and busy.
There are those who insist that we cannot separate the mind’s software from its hardware and that the true aim of
neurobics is to keep the connections between brain cells flexible and strong, perhaps even growing new connections and new brain cells.
—Based on information from
New Scientist, November, 2001.
neurobiology
1. The biology of the nervous system or the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the nervous system.
2. A branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
neurobiotaxis
The theory that nerve cell bodies may move toward, or their axons may grow toward, the area from which they receive the most stimuli.
neuroblast
neuroceuticals
neurochemistry
neurochord
neurocity
neurocoele
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