(Encyclopedia) neuralgianeuralgian&oobreve;rălˈjə, ny&oobreve;– [key], acute paroxysmal pain along a peripheral sensory nerve. Unlike neuritis, there is no inflammation or degeneration of…
(Encyclopedia) neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out…
(Encyclopedia) neurasthenianeurastheniany&oobreve;rˌəsthēˈnēa [key], condition characterized by general lassitude, irritability, lack of concentration, worry, and hypochondria. The term was…
(Encyclopedia) AustralasiaAustralasiaôstrəlāˈzhə, –shə [key], islands of the South Pacific, including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. The term is sometimes used to include…
(Encyclopedia) Neurath, Otto, 1882–1945, Austrian philosopher, social scientist, and design theorist, b. Vienna. During the 1920s and 30s he was both a Marxist and a member of the Vienna Circle, an…
(Encyclopedia) neuritisneuritisn&oobreve;rīˈtĭs, ny&oobreve;– [key], inflammation of a peripheral nerve, often accompanied by degenerative changes in nervous tissue. The cause can be…
(Encyclopedia) neurologyneurologyn&oobreve;rŏlˈəjē, ny&oobreve;– [key], study of the morphology, physiology, and pathology of the human nervous system. As researchers, neurologists carry on…
(Encyclopedia) neuron, specialized cell in animals that, as a unit of the nervous system, carries information by receiving and transmitting electrical impulses.
(Encyclopedia) neurosis, in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly…
