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neuroinfectiology

/ˌnʊəɹoʊˌɪnfɛkʃiˈɒlədʒi/

neuroinfectiology noun: an interdisciplinary field focusing on infections of the nervous system, encompassing the study of pathogen-host interactions, immune responses, and the resulting neurological consequences. It integrates aspects of neurology, infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular biology to understand and manage central nervous system (CNS) infections.

Noun

neuroinfectiology (uncountable)

  1. (infectious diseases) An interdisciplinary field focusing on infections of the nervous system, encompassing the study of pathogen-host interactions, immune responses, and the resulting neurological consequences. It integrates aspects of neurology, infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular biology to understand and manage central nervous system (CNS) infections.
    • This work was supported by the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Förderstiftung, the DFG (CNMPB), EXTRABRAIN EU-FP7, and the Niedersachsen-Research Network on Neuroinfectiology (N-RENNT).2017, Robert Weissert, Fabienne Brilot, editors, Induction of Central Nervous System Disease by the Adaptive Immune Response (Frontiers Research Topics), Frontiers Media SA, page 12
    • Since 2018, she is junior professor for Alternatives and Complementary Methods to Animal Experiments at TiHo with her research focusing on development of stem cell-based in vitro assays on the field of neurotoxicology and neuroinfectionology.2024, Pierre-Yves Lozach, editor, Rift Valley Fever Virus: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology; 2824), Pierre-Yves Lozach, page xxxi

Origin of neuroinfectiology

From neuro- + infectiology.

Questions about neuroinfectiology

What does neuroinfectiology mean?
Neuroinfectiology means an interdisciplinary field focusing on infections of the nervous system, encompassing the study of pathogen-host interactions, immune responses, and the resulting neurological consequences. It integrates aspects of neurology, infectious diseases, immunology, and molecular biology to understand and manage central nervous system (CNS) infections.
What part of speech is neuroinfectiology?
Neuroinfectiology is a noun.
How do you pronounce neuroinfectiology?
Neuroinfectiology is pronounced /ˌnʊəɹoʊˌɪnfɛkʃiˈɒlədʒi/.

Words near neuroinfectiology in the dictionary

  1. neuroinducers
  2. neuroinduction
  3. neuroinductive
  4. neuroinductor
  5. neuroinductors
  6. neuroinfectiology
  7. neuroinfection
  8. neuroinfectional
  9. neuroinfections
  10. neuroinfectious
  11. neuroinflammation

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