neurophysiology

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noun

The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.

OriginEnglish physiology ← French physiologie ← Latin physiologia →
Less commonScrabble 27
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Meanings

nounneurophysiology (usually uncountable, plural neurophysiologies)

plural neurophysiologies

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineThe branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.

    This relationship between language and sexuality, oral and genital, has been elaborated in recent research in neurophysiology.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 17

Origin

  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. Englishneurophysiology

From neuro- + physiology.

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Translations

Catalan neurofisiologia
  • neurofisiologiabranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Czech neurofyziologie
  • neurofyziologiebranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Dutch neurofysiologie
  • neurofysiologiebranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Finnish neurofysiologia
  • neurofysiologiabranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
German Neurophysiologie
  • Neurophysiologiebranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Greek νευροφυσιολογία
  • νευροφυσιολογία (nevrofysiología)branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Italian neurofisiologia
  • neurofisiologiabranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Malay neurofisiologi
  • neurofisiologibranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Russian нейрофизиология
  • нейрофизиология (nejrofiziologija)branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Spanish neurofisiología
  • neurofisiologíabranch of physiology that deals with the nervous system
Cite this entry
APA

neurophysiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurophysiology

MLA

“neurophysiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurophysiology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neurophysiology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neurophysiology.

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