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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
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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