| NEURINE | • neurine n. (Organic chemistry) A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues. • NEURINE n. a very poisonous ptomaine formed in putrefying flesh. |
| NEURISM | • neurism n. (Obsolete) A supposed "nerve force" in vitalism. • NEURISM n. a hypothetical nerve force acting on evolution. |
| NEURITE | • neurite n. (Neuroanatomy) Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon. • NEURITE n. an axon or dendrite of a nerve cell. |
| NEUROID | • neuroid adj. Resembling a nerve or similar neural structure; nervelike. • NEUROID n. either of the halves of a neural arch. |
| NEUROMA | • neuroma n. (Pathology) A tumour composed of nerve cells. • NEUROMA n. a tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve. |
| NEURONE | • neurone n. (Chiefly Britain) Alternative spelling of neuron. • NEURONE n. the basic cellular unit of the nervous system, also NEURON. |
| NEURONS | • neurons n. Plural of neuron. • NEURON n. (Greek) the basic cellular unit of the nervous system, also NEURONE. |
| NEURULA | • neurula n. (Zoology) An embryo of vertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed. • NEURULA n. (Greek) an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula, when the neural tube develops from the neural plate. |
| NEUSTIC | • NEUSTIC n. the part of the sentence that differs with the mood of the sentence. |
| NEUSTON | • neuston n. (Biology) All the organisms that live at the surface of water. • NEUSTON n. (Greek) the aggregate of minute aquatic organisms that inhabit the surface of a body of water. |
| NEUTERS | • neuters n. Plural of neuter. • neuters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neuter. • NEUTER v. to castrate. |
| NEUTRAL | • neutral adj. Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned. • neutral adj. Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased. • neutral adj. Neither positive nor negative. |
| NEUTRON | • neutron n. (Physics) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a… • NEUTRON n. a particle in the nucleus of an atom, which is without electrical charge and with approximately the same mass as a proton. |