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Neutral posture: The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral postures is preferable to working while twisting the back or bending the wrists. Last Editorial Review: 11/30/2003...

Neutral foot type - Medical

Neutral foot type: The most common type of foot. A runner with a neutral type of foot lands on the heel and rolls forward during the gait cycle until the impact is distributed evenly across the forefoot. Last Editorial Review: 3/2/2003...

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Neurotransmitter - Medical

Neurotransmitter: A chemical that is released from a nerve cell which thereby transmits an impulse from a nerve cell to another nerve, muscle, organ, or other tissue. A neurotransmitter is a messenger of neurologic information from one cell to ...

Neurotoxin - Medical

Neurotoxin: A substance that causes damage to nerves or nerve tissue. For example, lead is a neurotoxin. Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurotoxic - Medical

Neurotoxic: Poisonous to nerves or nerve tissue. Mercury and lead are neurotoxic.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurotheology - Medical

Neurotheology: The search for the place(s) in the brain where religious beliefs originate. Neurotheology mixes terms and methods from science and religion in an attempt to confer the authority of science upon religion. For example, a SPECT scan-stud...

Neurosyphilis, tabes - Medical

Neurosyphilis, tabes: Also known as tabes dorsalis, the slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the late (tertiary) phase of syphilis a decade or more after contracting the infection. Among the terrible features are lanci...

Neurosyphilis - Medical

Neurosyphilis: Neurological complications in the third (tertiary) and final phase of syphilis, which involve the central nervous system and can include psychosis, pain, and loss of physical control over a variety of bodily functions. Last Edi...

Neurosurgeon - Medical

Neurosurgeon: A physician trained in surgery of the nervous system and who specializes in surgery on the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Sometimes called a "brain surgeon."Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurosteroid - Medical

Neurosteroid: A brain steroid, a molecule structurally similar to cortisone, progesterone and the gonadal hormones. Neurosteroids play a role in controlling anxiety and depression. Antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor...

Neurosis, hypochondriacal - Medical

Neurosis, hypochondriacal: See: Hypochondriasis. Last Editorial Review: 2/22/2004 Hypochondriasis: The belief and fear of serious illness which lasts for six months, beyond and despite medical reassurance. Hypochondriacs were once viewed unsy...

Neurosis - Medical

Neurosis: A chronic disorder featuring irritability of the nervous system (nervousness) and characterized by anxiety and/or extreme behavior dedicated to avoid anxiety situations.Last Editorial Review: 7/21/1999 6:22:00 AM...

Neuroscientist - Medical

Neuroscientist: A scientist who studies the nervous system, including the neural basis of behavior; parts of the nervous system such as the visual or auditory systems; the function of groups of neurons (nerve cells); what individual neurons do; what ...

Neuroscience - Medical

Neuroscience: The study of the brain and nervous system, including molecular neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, psychophysics, computational modeling and diseases of the nervous system. See also: Neuroscientist.Last Editori...

Neuroradiology - Medical

Neuroradiology: The field within radiology that specializes in the use of radioactive substances, x-rays and scanning devices for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system. Neuroradiology involves the clinical imaging, therapy,...

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Neuroradiologist - Medical

Neuroradiologist: A radiologist who specializes in the use of radioactive substances, x-rays and scanning devices for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nervous system. A neuroradiologist mat be concerned with the clinical imaging...

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Neuropsychologist - Medical

Neuropsychologist: A psychologist who has completed special training in the neurobiological causes of brain disorders, and who specializes in diagnosing and treating these illnesses using a predominantly medical (as opposed to psychoanalytica...

Neuroplasticity - Medical

Neuroplasticity: The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity allows the neurons (nerve cells) in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response...

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Neuropathy, hypoglossal - Medical

Neuropathy, hypoglossal: See: Hypoglossal neuropathy.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Hypoglossal neuropathy: Disease of the hypoglossal nerve, the twelfth cranial nerve. The twelve cranial nerves, the hypoglossal nerve included, emerge...

Neuropathy, diabetic - Medical

Neuropathy, diabetic: See: Diabetic neuropathy.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Diabetic neuropathy: A family of nerve disorders caused by diabetes. Diabetic neuropathies cause numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, ...

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Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth - Medical

Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth: See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.Last Editorial Review: 4/20/2003...

Neuropathy, accessory - Medical

Neuropathy, accessory: See: Accessory neuropathy.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Accessory neuropathy: Disease of the accessory nerve which is the eleventh cranial nerve. The accessory nerve supplies the sternocleidomastoid and trapezi...

Neuropathy - Medical

Neuropathy: Any and all disease or malfunction of the nerves.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neuropathologist - Medical

Neuropathologist: A pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of diseases of the brain and nervous system by microscopic examination of the tissue and other means. Last Editorial Review: 10/9/2004 Pathologist: A doctor who identifies disease...