"neuroscience" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neurosciences [plural]
Etymology: neuro- + science Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|neuro|science}} neuro- + science Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} neuroscience (usually uncountable, plural neurosciences)
  1. The scientific study of the nervous system. Wikipedia link: neuroscience Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Neuroscience Related terms: bioscience, neuroimaging, neuroimplant, neurorights, neuroscientist, neurosurgery, neurotechnology Translations (scientific study of the nervous system): عُلُوم عَصَبِيَّة (ʕulūm ʕaṣabiyya) (Arabic), عِلْم الأَعْصَاب (ʕilm al-ʔaʕṣāb) (Arabic), neurozientzia (Basque), neurociència [feminine] (Catalan), 神經科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经科学 (shénjīng kēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), neurověda [feminine] (Czech), neurowetenschap [feminine] (Dutch), neuroteadus (Estonian), neurotiede (Finnish), neuroscience [feminine] (French), ნეირომეცნიერება (neiromecniereba) (Georgian), Neurowissenschaften [plural] (German), Hirnforschung (German), νευροεπιστήμη (nevroepistími) [feminine] (Greek), idegtudomány (Hungarian), néareolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), neuroscienza [feminine] (Italian), 神経科学 (shinkeikagaku) (alt: しんけいかがく) (Japanese), nevrovitenskap [masculine] (Norwegian), neuronauka [feminine] (Polish), neurociência [feminine] (Portuguese), neuroștiință [feminine] (Romanian), нейробиоло́гия (nejrobiológija) [feminine] (Russian), neurocienca [feminine] (Spanish), neurovetenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), ประสาทวิทยาศาสตร์ (Thai), нѐйробіоло́гія [feminine] (Ukrainian), khoa học thần kinh (Vietnamese)

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