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Neurology

The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Neurological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

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Neurological 74% connected

Of or pertaining to neurolgy.

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Biology 84% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

greek roots in science 25% interchangeable

Built from roots for nerve and study.

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Chronology noun · 81% connection

The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper d…

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Geology noun · 81% connection

The science which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regard…

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Microscope noun · 81% connection

An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute t…

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Psychology noun · 81% connection

The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so…

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Telephone noun · 81% connection

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

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All-or-none law noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus

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Brain wave noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph

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Brainwave noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph

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Clinical neurology noun · 78% connection

(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders

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Cortical potential noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph

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Facilitation noun · 78% connection

(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron…

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Mass action noun · 78% connection

(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in…

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Mass-action principle noun · 78% connection

(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in…

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Refractory period noun · 78% connection

(neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response

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Aphasia noun · 78% connection

inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

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Ataxia noun · 78% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Ataxy noun · 78% connection

inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait

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Axon noun · 78% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Axone noun · 78% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Cephalitis noun · 78% connection

inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…

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Cognition noun · 78% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Dendrite noun · 78% connection

short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron

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Disseminated multiple sclerosis noun · 78% connection

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

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Anthropography noun · 78% connection

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by…

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Atmology noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor.

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Brain noun · 78% connection

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…

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Branch noun · 78% connection

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler…

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Chemistry noun · 78% connection

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…

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Chrematistics noun · 78% connection

The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

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