| 释义 |
neurine, n. and a.|ˈnjʊəraɪn|
Also neurin.
[f. neur- + -ine. Cf. F. neurine, névrine.]
A. n.
1. Anat. Nerve substance or tissue; the matter contained in the nerve-tubes.
1839–47Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 593/2 It contains the elements of the true nervous tissue or neurine. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 161 Tubular tracts are formed, some of which become filled with ‘neurine’, or nervous matter. 1870H. Maudsley Body & Mind 56 The vesicular neurine has increased in quantity and in quality.
2. Chem.
a. A poisonous alkaloid or ptomaine, derived from putrefying flesh, etc.; choline.
b. An alkaloid produced with the former, and differing very slightly from it in chemical composition, but possessing more actively poisonous properties.
1869Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 16 A basic substance..which he [Liebreich] has termed neurine... By slightly modifying this method neurine has been artificially formed. 1880J. W. Legg Bile 52 By boiling with baryta water, lecithin is decomposed into neurin or cholin. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 496 An effect also produced by snake venom, as well as by neurine and choline.
B. adj. Of or relating to the nerves.
1870J. Scoffern Stray Leaves Sci. 446 When he began his neurine enquiries the prevalent belief..was [etc.]. |