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  • English Word Neuropod Definition A neuropodous animal.
  • English Word Neuropodium Definition The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
  • English Word Neuropodous Definition Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous.
  • English Word Neuropore Definition An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal.
  • English Word Neuropter Definition One of the Neuroptera.
  • English Word Neuroptera Definition An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.
  • English Word Neuropteran Definition A neuropter.
  • English Word Neuropteris Definition An extensive genus of fossil ferns, of which species have been found from the Devonian to the Triassic formation.
  • English Word Neuropterous Definition Neuropteral.
  • English Word Neurosensiferous Definition Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.
  • English Word Neurosis Definition A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.
  • English Word Neuroskeletal Definition Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.
  • English Word Neuroskeleton Definition The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation.
  • English Word Neurospast Definition A puppet.
  • English Word Neurotic Definition Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.
  • English Word Neurotic Definition Uself in disorders of, or affecting, the nerves.
  • English Word Neurotic Definition A disease seated in the nerves.
  • English Word Neurotic Definition Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
  • English Word Neurotome Definition An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.
  • English Word Neurotome Definition A neuromere.
  • English Word Neurotomical Definition Of or pertaining to neurotomy.
  • English Word Neurotomist Definition One who skilled in or practices neurotomy.
  • English Word Neurotomy Definition The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.
  • English Word Neurotomy Definition The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes.
  • English Word Neurula Definition An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
  • English Word Neuter Definition Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.
  • English Word Neuter Definition Having a form belonging more especially to words which are not appellations of males or females; expressing or designating that which is of neither sex; as, a neuter noun; a neuter termination; the neuter gender.
  • English Word Neuter Definition Intransitive; as, a neuter verb.
  • English Word Neuter Definition Having no generative organs, or imperfectly developed ones; sexless. See Neuter, n., 3.
  • English Word Neuter Definition A person who takes no part in a contest; one who is either indifferent to a cause or forbears to interfere; a neutral.