Etymology

neurobiology

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Today it means: The scientific study of nerve and brain function in people and animals: the biological extent of neuroscience. Full definition →

English biology ← New Latin biologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. New Latinbiologia
  13. Englishbiology
  14. English todayneurobiology

From neuro- + biology.

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