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neuronymy

neuronymy noun: the nomenclature for parts of the brain.

Noun

neuronymy (uncountable)

  1. The nomenclature for parts of the brain.
    • After giving the subject much attention he had concluded that neuronymy would be most advanced by the employment of technical Latin names as far as possible with an English dress or with a vernacular face and aspect.1885, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal - Volume 113, page 16
    • There are about one hundred Latin encephalic names beginning with corpus; rid of them, neuronymy is relieved, lightened, literally disemoodied.1894, Albert Henry Buck (ed), A Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences Embracing the Entire Range of Scientific and Practical Medicine and Allied Science

Origin of neuronymy

From neuro- + -onymy.

Questions about neuronymy

What does neuronymy mean?
Neuronymy means the nomenclature for parts of the brain.
What part of speech is neuronymy?
Neuronymy is a noun.

Words near neuronymy in the dictionary

  1. neuronotropism
  2. neurons
  3. neuronuclear
  4. neuronutrient
  5. neuronutrients
  6. neuronymy
  7. neurooculocutaneous
  8. neurooncological
  9. neurooncologist
  10. neurooncologists
  11. neurooncology

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