Definition of Neuroid

1. Adjective. Resembling a nerve or similar neural structure; nervelike ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neuroid

1. resembling a nerve [adj]

Medical Definition of Neuroid

1. Resembling a nerve; nervelike. Origin: neuro-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuroid

neurohormonal
neurohormone
neurohormones
neurohumor
neurohumoral
neurohumoral secretion
neurohumoral transmission
neurohumors
neurohypnology
neurohypnotism
neurohypophyses
neurohypophysial
neurohypophysial hormones
neurohypophysis
neurohypophysis hormone
neuroid (current term)
neuroimage
neuroimaged
neuroimages
neuroimaging
neuroimmunological
neuroimmunologist
neuroimmunologists
neuroimmunology
neuroimmunomodulation
neuroinflammation
neuroinformatics
neurointensive
neuroinvasion
neuroinvasive

Literary usage of Neuroid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Development of the Nervous System: From a Physiological Viewpoint by Charles Manning Child (1921)
"TRANSMISSION IN CERTAIN NON-NERVOUS OR neuroid PATHS It is a familiar fact that in ciliated surfaces, whether composed of single cells or of many cells, ..."

2. An Essay on the Physiology of Mind: An Interpretation Based on Biological by Francis Xavier Dercum (1922)
"... therefore, not inappropriately be called neuroid transmission."1 Similarly, in other animals a transmission of motion through non-active and non-nervous ..."

3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... pursuing the development of these glands opportunity was taken of proving that Engelmann's so-called "neuroid filaments" ..."

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