Neuroscience

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of the nervous system. uncountable, usually

    "Meronym: brain science"

  2. 2
    the scientific study of the nervous system wordnet

Synonyms

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neurobiology

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"Ivaylo Iotchey is a neuroscience researcher. He says that this is the first time dogs’ sleep spindles have been measured, and related to the dogs learning new things."

Etymology

From neuro- + science.

Related phrases

computational neurosciencenervous system

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