Etymology

neuroinformatics

Today it means: The science that studies the neural system by use of computational models Full definition →

English informatics ← Middle English enformacioun ← Late Latin īnfōrmātiō
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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. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
  7. Middle Englishenformacioun
  8. Englishinformation
  9. Englishinformatics
  10. English todayneuroinformatics

From neuro- + informatics.

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