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aponeurosis (n.): 1670s, from Latin, from Greek aponeurosis, from aponeuroein, from apo- "off, away from" (see apo-) + neuron "sinew" (see neuro-).
interneuron: 1939, from internuncial + neuron.
neuro-: before vowels neur-, word-forming element meaning "pertaining to a nerve or nerves or the nervous system," from Greek neuro-, comb. form of neuron "nerve," originally "sinew, tendon, cord, bowstring," also "strength, vigor," from PIE *(s)neu- "tendon, sinew" (see nerve).
neuroglia (n.): 1867, medical Latin, coined 1853 by German pathologist Ludwig Karl Virchow (1821-1902) from neuro- + Late Greek glia "glue," from PIE *glei- "to stick together" (see clay).
neurologist (n.): 1801, from neurology + -ist.
neurology (n.): "scientific study of the nervous system," 1680s, from Modern Latin neurologia, from Modern Greek neurologia (1660s), from neuro- (see neuro-) + -logia "study" (see -logy). Related: Neurological.
neuron (n.): "a nerve cell with appendages," 1891, from German Neuron, from Greek neuron (see neuro-). Used earlier (1884) for "the spinal cord and brain."
neuropathy (n.): 1827, from neuro- + -pathy. Related: Neuropath; neuropathic; neuropathist.
neuroscience (n.): 1963, from neuro- + science.
neurosis (n.): 1776, "functional derangement arising from disorders of the nervous system," coined by Scottish physician William Cullen (1710-1790) from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + Modern Latin -osis "abnormal condition." Used in a general psychological sense since 1871; clinical use in psychiatry dates from 1923.
neurosurgeon (n.): also neuro-surgeon, 1887, from neuro- + surgeon. Related: Neurosurgery; neurosurgical.
neurotic (adj.): 1775, "acting upon or stimulating the nerves," from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro-) + -otic, as in hypnotic. Sense of "affected by neurosis" is 1887. The noun meaning "a neurotic person" is from 1896. Related: Neurotically.
neuroticism (n.): 1894, from neurotic + -ism.
neurotransmitter (n.): 1961, from neuro- + transmitter.
neuropathist: "Originally: †a physician who attributes the causation of disease to the activity of the nervous system ( obsolete ). Later: a specialist in diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in William Fox (1836–1879), physician and dermatologist. From neuropathy + -ist.
neuroleptic: "(Of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions", 1950s: from neuro- 'relating to nerves' + -leptic, as in organoleptic.