Neuro-

How it is used

It appears as neur- before a vowel (neuralgia, neuritis) and neuro- before a consonant. The adjective neural comes from the same root (neural tube, neural pathways). Turkish uses nöro-: nöroloji, nöroanatomi.

Example sentences

1. Neuroanatomy is often the hardest part of the second-year course.

2. Dopamine and serotonin are both neurotransmitters.

Common collocations

• neurology
• neurotransmitter
• neuroanatomy
• neural
• neurologist

Related terms

• neuronA nerve cell: the basic unit of the nervous system that sends and receives electrical and chemical signals. It has a cell body, dendrites that receive signals and an axon that passes them on.
• nerveA cord-like bundle of nerve fibers (axons) that carries electrical signals between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
• nervous systemThe network of the brain, spinal cord and nerves that receives information, processes it and controls the body's responses by sending electrical signals.
• -ologyA word ending meaning 'the study of' or 'the science of'. Histology is the study of tissues, cytology the study of cells and neurology the study of the nervous system and its diseases.

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