| neurological disorder | Disturbance in structure or function of the central nervous system resulting from developmental abnormality, disease, injury or toxin. (22 May 1997) |
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| neurologist | <specialist> A physician who diagnoses and treats disorders of thenervous system. (22 May 1997) |
| neurology | <study> The branch of science which treats of the nervous system. Origin: Neuro-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| neurolymph | An obsolete term for cerebrospinal fluid. Origin: neuro-+ L. Lympha, clear water (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolymphomatosis | Lymphoblastic invasion of a nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolymphomatosis gallinarum | See: avian lymphomatosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolysin | An antibody causing destruction of ganglion and cortical cells, obtained by the injection of brain substance. Synonym: neurotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolysis | 1. Destruction of nerve tissue. 2. Freeing of a nerve from inflammatory adhesions. Origin: neuro-+ G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolytic | Relating to neurolysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neurolytic block | <procedure> The injection of a chemical agent to cause destruction and consequent prolonged interruption of peripheral somatic or sympathetic nerves or in some cases, the neuraxis. (16 Dec 1997) |
| neuroma | <oncology, tumour> A benign tumour from nervous tissue. (27 Sep 1997) |
| neuroma cutis | Neurofibroma of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroma telangiectodes | A neurofibroma with a conspicuous number of blood vessels, some of which have unusually large lumens (in proportion to the thickness of the walls). Traumatic neuroma, the non-neoplastic proliferative mass of Schwann cells and neurites that may develop at the proximal end of a severed or injured nerve. Synonym: amputation neuroma, false neuroma, pseudoneuroma. Verneuil's neuroma, a nodular enlargement of the cutaneous nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neuroma, acoustic | A progressively enlarging tumour within the auditory canal arising from the eighth cranial nerve. This solitary form is usually unilateral, tends to develop later in life, and is not inherited as compared to the acoustic neuromas arising in neurofibromatosis 2. (12 Dec 1998) |
| neuroma, optic | A benign tumour of the optic nerve. (12 Dec 1998) |