Medications

Neuropathic pain: Chronic pain resulting from injury to the nervous system. The injury can be to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) or the peripheral nervous system (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord). Neuropathic pain can occ...

Videx (DIDANOSINE (DDI)-ORAL CHEWABLE TABLETS)

Neurooncologist - Medical

Neurooncologist: A physician trained to diagnose and treat patients with brain tumors and other types of tumors of the nervous system. From neuro- + oncology and sometimes written with a hyphen as neuro-oncologist. A neurooncologist may be one of a ...

Videx (DIDANOSINE (DDI)-ORAL PACKETS)

Neuronitis, vestibular - Medical

Neuronitis, vestibular: See: Vestibular neuronitis.Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2004 Vestibular neuronitis: Inflammation of the vestibular nerve, the nerve running to the vestibule. (The vestibule is in the inner ear. Like an internal carpenter's le...

Neurone - Medical

Neurone: A variant spelling of neuron. Sometimes preferred in the UK, as in "His suffering from motor neurone disease (MND) was finally over because he had chosen to die." (article by Lesley Close in The Guardian, May 25, 2004) See: Neuron.Last Edito...

vidarabine-ophthalmic ointment

Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) - Medical

Neuron-specific enolase (NSE): Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely: neuroblastoma, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, carcinoid tumors, pancreatic endocrine...

Vicoprofen (HYDROCODONE-IBUPROFEN-ORAL)

Neuron, spindle - Medical

Neuron, spindle: See: Spindle neuron.Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2003 Spindle neuron: A large neuron tapered at both ends that is only found in humans and great apes and so is thought to be a relatively recent evolutionary addition to the nervous s...

Neuron, sensory - Medical

Neuron, sensory: See: Sensory neuron.Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2003 Sensory neuron: A neuron that receives electrical input signals from sensory cells and from other neurons.Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2003...

Neuron, arcuate - Medical

Neuron, arcuate: See: Arcuate neuron.Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2003 Arcuate neuron: A neuron in the arcuate nucleus of the brain. See: Arcuate nucleus.Last Editorial Review: 12/10/2003...

Neuron - Medical

Neuron: A nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron may send electrical output signals to muscle neurons (called motor neurons or motoneurons) and to other neurons. A neuron may receive electr...

Neuromuscular - Medical

Neuromuscular: Pertaining to both nerves and muscles, as in neuromuscular blockade by an anesthetic agent, the neuromuscular junction (the meeting place of a nerve and a muscle fiber), and neuromuscular transmission (the transfer of "information" fro...

Neuroma, optic - Medical

Neuroma, optic: A benign tumor of the optic nerve.Last Editorial Review: 3/26/1998 2:27:00 PM...

Vibra-Tabs (DOXYCYCLINE-ORAL)

Neuroma, acoustic - Medical

Neuroma, acoustic: A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells -- small sheet-like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and he...

Neuroma - Medical

Neuroma: A tumor that arises in nerve cells.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurology - Medical

Neurology: The medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system -- the brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves. Thumbnail history of neurology -- The first scientific studies of nerve function were don...

Neurologist - Medical

Neurologist: A doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the nervous system.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Nat'l Institut - Medical

Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to "support and conduct research and research training on the normal structure and function of the nervou...

Neurological - Medical

Neurological: Having to do with the nerves or the nervous system.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neuroleptic - Medical

Neuroleptic: A term that refers to the effects of antipsychotic drugs on a patient, especially on his or her cognition and behavior. Neuroleptic drugs may produce a state of apathy, lack of initiative and limited range of emotion. In psychotic pati...

Neurogenic shock - Medical

Neurogenic shock: A type of shock (a life-threatening medical condition in which there is insufficient blood flow throughout the body) that is caused by the sudden loss of signals from the sympathetic nervous system that maintain the normal muscle to...

Neurogenic - Medical

Neurogenic: Starting with or having to do with the nerves or the nervous system.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM...

Neurogenesis - Medical

Neurogenesis: The process by which new nerve cells are generated. In neurogenesis, there is active production of new neurons, astrocytes, glia, and other neural lineages from undifferentiated neural progenitor or stem cells. Neurogenesis is considere...

Neurofibromatosis, central - Medical

Neurofibromatosis, central: See: Neurofibromatosis type 2.Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2003...

Neurofibromatosis, bilateral acoustic - Medical

Neurofibromatosis, bilateral acoustic: See: Neurofibromatosis type 2.Last Editorial Review: 4/5/2003...

Neurofibromatosis - Medical

Neurofibromatosis: A genetic disorder of the nervous system that primarily affects the development and growth of neural (nerve) cell tissues, causes tumors to grow on nerves, and may produce other abnormalities. Neurofibromatosis (NF) consists of ...

Neuroepithelial - Medical

Neuroepithelial: Having to do with tissue made up of sensory cells that serve in the reception of external stimuli. Neuroepithelial tissue is found in the ear, nose, and tongue. Last Editorial Review: 10/3/2004 Tissue: A tissue in medicine is not...