Etymology

neurophysiology

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Today it means: The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system. Full definition →

English physiology ← French physiologie ← Latin physiologia
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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*bʰuH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  8. Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
  9. Ancient Greekφύσις (phúsis)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  13. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  14. Ancient Greekφῠσῐολογίᾱ (phŭsĭologíā)
  15. Latinphysiologia
  16. Frenchphysiologie
  17. Englishphysiology
  18. English todayneurophysiology

From neuro- + physiology.

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