† neurismn.
Physiology. Obsolete.
1. = neuricity n. rare.
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neuricity1866
neurism1873
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gamone1942
1873 E. D. Cope in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1871–2 12 254 The Vital Forces are (nerve-force) Neurism, (growth-force) Bathmism, and (thought-force) Phrenism.
2. The attribution of all normal and abnormal physiological phenomena to a fluid contained in the nerves. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Neurism, the hypothesis according to which all the phenomena of the living body, healthy and morbid, are due to the action of a nervous fluid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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