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The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, neuroscience, physiology, sciences
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the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: physiology, neuroscience
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh1- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh1wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek φῠσῐολογίᾱ (phŭsĭologíā)bor. Latin physiologiabor. French physiologie English physiology English neurophysiology From neuro- + physiology.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
neurofisiologia
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Czech:
neurofyziologie
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Dutch:
neurofysiologie
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Finnish:
neurofysiologia
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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German:
Neurophysiologie
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Greek:
νευροφυσιολογία
(nevrofysiología)
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Italian:
neurofisiologia
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Malay:
neurofisiologi
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
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Spanish:
neurofisiología
— branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system