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neurophysiology

noun
neu路​ro路​phys路​i路​ol路​o路​gy | \ 藢nu虈r-艒-藢fi-z膿-藞盲-l蓹-j膿 How to pronounce neurophysiology (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-\

Definition of neurophysiology

: physiology of the nervous system

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Other Words from neurophysiology

neurophysiological \ 藢nu虈r-​艒-​藢fi-​z膿-​蓹-​藞l盲-​ji-​k蓹l How to pronounce neurophysiological (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-​ \ or less commonly neurophysiologic \ 藢nu虈r-​艒-​藢fi-​z膿-​蓹-​藞l盲-​jik How to pronounce neurophysiologic (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-​ \ adjective
neurophysiologically \ 藢nu虈r-​艒-​藢fi-​z膿-​蓹-​藞l盲-​ji-​k(蓹-​)l膿 How to pronounce neurophysiologically (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-​ \ adverb
neurophysiologist \ 藢nu虈r-​艒-​藢fi-​z膿-​藞盲-​l蓹-​jist How to pronounce neurophysiologist (audio) , 藢nyu虈r-​ \ noun

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Assaneo and Poeppel took a fresh approach with a hypothesis that tied the real-world behavior of language to the observed neurophysiology. Quanta Magazine, "How Brain Waves Surf Sound Waves to Process Speech," 22 May 2018 NuCalm uses biochemistry, physics and neurophysiology to quickly put you into a deeply relaxed state. Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, "How to Recover Like an Elite Athlete," 9 July 2018 What lead author Nick J Spencer, a neurophysiology professor at Flinders University, and his team found by using high resolution neuronal imaging on mice was that the firing of these neurons down below happens in a rhythmic pattern. Matthew Martinez, miamiherald, "Your body has a 'second brain,' and here's how it keeps your butt smart, study says," 1 June 2018 At this point, this technique is really only useful in research, points out Takeshi Imai, a professor of neurophysiology at Kyushu University鈥檚 Graduate School of Medical Sciences, who was not involved with the study. Nathan Hurst, Smithsonian, "Transparent Mice Let Researchers See Cancer Spread in Real Time," 6 July 2017 Anthony Barker, a medical physicist at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, introduced TMS in 1985 as a lab tool for probing human neurophysiology. Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Brain-altering magnetic pulses could zap cocaine addiction," 29 Aug. 2017 At the ADRC, world renowned scientists in molecular biology and neurophysiology are working around the clock with clinicians, exercise physiologists and behavioralists to provide people suffering with Alzheimer鈥檚 new therapies. Scott Kaufman, Orange County Register, "Letters: UCI on frontline of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease," 7 Feb. 2013 Upon graduation from Princeton, Scott joined the Ph.D. program in biological psychology at Duke University, specializing in the neural mechanisms of taste and the neurophysiology of feeding and reward. Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Former SDSU Dean Tom Scott dies at 72," 20 May 2017 Bach-y-Rita began his medical career in visual rehabilitation, gaining a reputation as a specialist in the neurophysiology of eye muscles. Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, "Seeing with Your Tongue," 15 May 2017

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First Known Use of neurophysiology

1859, in the meaning defined above

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neurophysiology

noun
neu路​ro路​phys路​i路​ol路​o路​gy | \ 藢n(y)u虈r-艒-藢fiz-膿-藞盲l-蓹-j膿 How to pronounce neurophysiology (audio) \
plural neurophysiologies

Medical Definition of neurophysiology

: physiology of the nervous system

Other Words from neurophysiology

neurophysiological \ -​膿-​蓹-​藞l盲j-​i-​k蓹l How to pronounce neurophysiological (audio) \ also neurophysiologic \ -​ik How to pronounce neurophysiologic (audio) \ adjective
neurophysiologically \ -​i-​k(蓹-​)l膿 How to pronounce neurophysiologically (audio) \ adverb

More from Merriam-Webster on neurophysiology

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about neurophysiology