<B>neuropathist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a specialist in diseases of the nerves; neurologist. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropathological">
<B>neuropathological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neuropathology. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropathologist">
<B>neuropathologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in neuropathology. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropathology">
<B>neuropathology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of diseases of the nervous system. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropathy">
<B>neuropathy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of the nervous system. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropharmacological">
<B>neuropharmacological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neuropharmacology. <BR> <I>Ex. neuropharmacological research.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neuropharmacologist">
<B>neuropharmacologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies neuropharmacology. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropharmacology">
<B>neuropharmacology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of the effects of drugs on the nervous system. </DL>
<A NAME="neurophysiological">
<B>neurophysiological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the physiological functions of the nervous system. <BR> <I>Ex. The essential first step from the neurophysiological point of view is to find out more about how images are formed by the brain (New Scientist).</I> adv. <B>neurophysiologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="neurophysiologist">
<B>neurophysiologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in neurophysiology. </DL>
<A NAME="neurophysiology">
<B>neurophysiology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system. <BR> <I>Ex. [Galvani's] discovery that a muscle could be made to contract by an electrical current laid the foundation for the study of animal electricity, an important part of neurophysiology (Caroline A. Chandler).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neuroplasm">
<B>neuroplasm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the protoplasm of the nerve cells and their fibrillae. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychiatric">
<B>neuropsychiatric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neuropsychiatry. <BR> <I>Ex. neuropsychiatric hospitals.</I> adv. <B>neuropsychiatrically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychiatrist">
<B>neuropsychiatrist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a doctor of neuropsychiatry. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychiatry">
<B>neuropsychiatry, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of medicine dealing with both the psychiatric and organic causes of mental disorders. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychological">
<B>neuropsychological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neuropsychology. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychologist">
<B>neuropsychologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies neuropsychology. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychology">
<B>neuropsychology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of psychology dealing with the psychological functions of different parts of the nervous system. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropsychosis">
<B>neuropsychosis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mental disorder associated with or caused by organic disease of the nervous system. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=psychoneurosis.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="neuropter">
<B>neuropter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a neuropteran insect. </DL>
<B>neuropteran, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tera,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any one of an order of carnivorous insects having a complete metamorphosis, four large delicate wings, and mouthparts adapted for chewing. Lacewings and ant lions belong to this order. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to the neuropterans. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropteroid">
<B>neuropteroid, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> resembling a neuropteran. </DL>
<A NAME="neuropteron">
<B>neuropteron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a neuropteran insect. </DL>
<B>neuroregulator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of a group of chemical substances that control communication between nerve cells. <BR> <I>Ex. Many neuroregulators in the brain do not satisfy the criteria for neurotransmitters (Jack D. Barchas).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neuroscience">
<B>neuroscience, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the sciences dealing with the nervous system, such as neurology and neurochemistry, or these sciences collectively. noun <B>neuroscientist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="neurosecretion">
<B>neurosecretion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the secretion of substances, such as hormones, by nerve cells whose structures have temporarily become modified and taken on the function and appearance of gland cells. <BR> <I>Ex. This indication of the possibility of neurosecretion in crustaceans was soon confirmed and extended by other workers (Sir Francis Knowles).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the substance secreted. </DL>
<A NAME="neurosecretory">
<B>neurosecretory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neurosecretion. <BR> <I>Ex. the neurosecretory part of the brain.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurosensory">
<B>neurosensory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the sensory functions or activity of the nervous system. <BR> <I>Ex. The sudden emergence of preference in the chicks in their seventh week suggests ... that their neurosensory organization may be going through a critical period of maturation at that time (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurosis">
<B>neurosis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various mental or emotional disorders, characterized by depression, anxiety, abnormal fears, and compulsive behavior. A neurosis is less severe than a psychosis. <BR> <I>Ex. A neurosis is an emotional problem that is solved in an irrational manner (Marguerite Clark).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any action of nerve cells. </DL>
<A NAME="neurospora">
<B>neurospora, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any fungus of a group that causes red and black mold in baked goods; bread mold. </DL>
<A NAME="neurosurgeon">
<B>neurosurgeon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a doctor who specializes in neurosurgery. </DL>
<A NAME="neurosurgery">
<B>neurosurgery, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> surgery of the nervous system, especially the brain. </DL>
<A NAME="neurosurgical">
<B>neurosurgical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neurosurgery. <BR> <I>Ex. Drugs, conditioning, and neurosurgical procedures that modify drives, imagination, and personality have great value in treating some of the mentally ill (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurotic">
<B>neurotic, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>having or suffering from emotional instability. <DD><B> b. </B>of or having to do with a neurosis or neuroses. <BR> <I>Ex. Neurotic symptoms, then, just like errors and dreams, have their meaning and, like these, are related to the life of the person in whom they appear (Sigmund Freud).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) too nervous. <DD><B> 3. </B>acting upon or stimulating the nerves. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person having or suffering from a neurosis. <BR> <I>Ex. The problem of the neurotic, then, is suffering, but of a particular kind, suffering due to guilt (Sebastian de Grazia).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a drug or poison that acts on the nervous system. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a disease of the nerves. adv. <B>neurotically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="neuroticism">
<B>neuroticism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of being neurotic. <BR> <I>Ex. Bartok's music is disturbing--possessed not only of a wild beauty but also of a neuroticism (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurotomist">
<B>neurotomist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person skilled in neurotomy. </DL>
<A NAME="neurotomy">
<B>neurotomy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the surgical incision into a nerve to relieve a painful condition, as in neuralgia. </DL>
<A NAME="neurotoxic">
<B>neurotoxic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> being or caused by a neurotoxin; toxic to nerve tissue. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the neurotoxic action characteristic of the cobra poison (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurotoxin">
<B>neurotoxin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toxin that can damage or destroy nerve tissue. The venom of the coral snake is a neurotoxin. <BR> <I>Ex. All of these neurotoxins in one way or another disrupt the microchemical mechanisms that transmit nerve impulses (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurotransmitter">
<B>neurotransmitter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a chemical substance that transmits impulses between nerve cells. <BR> <I>Ex. Norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter, a substance responsible for carrying a signal across the gap between two neurons. Neurons that use norepinephrine as a neurotransmitter have a role in the control of mood, learning, blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar and glandular function (Science News).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neurotropic">
<B>neurotropic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> drawn to or having an affinity for nervous tissue. <BR> <I>Ex. The virus of rabies is a neurotropic virus (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neuston">
<B>neuston, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> minute organisms living on the surface film of a body of water. <BR> <I>Ex. Neuston ... inhabit the upper few centimetres of the water at night and live as deep as two thousand feet by day (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neustonic">
<B>neustonic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with neuston. <BR> <I>Ex. the neustonic zone of a pond.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="neustrian">
<B>Neustrian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Neustria, the western kingdom of the Franks. </DL>
