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neuroscientist

neuroscientist noun: a scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.

Noun

neuroscientist (plural neuroscientists)

  1. A scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.
    • Most neuroscientists would be very sceptical of claims that consciousness of any sort could exist independently of a living brain. There is a growing consensus that consciousness, like life, weather, and cricket, is just another part of the natural world – albeit one that is reluctant to divulge...2013 August 23, Anil Seth, “Near-death experience”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 11, page 20

Forms of neuroscientist

pluralneuroscientists

Origin of neuroscientist

From neuro- + scientist.

Questions about neuroscientist

What does neuroscientist mean?
Neuroscientist means a scientist whose speciality is neuroscience.
What part of speech is neuroscientist?
Neuroscientist is a noun.
What is the plural of neuroscientist?
The plural of neuroscientist is neuroscientists.

Words near neuroscientist in the dictionary

  1. Neurosci
  2. neuroscience
  3. neurosciences
  4. neuroscientific
  5. neuroscientifically
  6. neuroscientist
  7. neuroscientists
  8. neurose
  9. neurosecrete
  10. neurosecreted
  11. neurosecretion

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