neuroendocrinologyn.
/ˌnjʊərəʊˌɛndə(ʊ)krᵻˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌɛndəkrəˈnɑlədʒi/; see also neuro- comb. form. Medicine.
Neuroendocrine processes or phenomena; the branch of science that deals with these.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > study of nervous system > [noun]
neurology1670
neurography1738
nerve physiology1845
neurophysiology1859
neuromyologya1890
neuroanatomy1900
neuroendocrinology1922
neuroscience1944
neurochemistry1945
synaptology1962
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
connectomics2007
the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > branches dealing with specific parts
haematology1811
dermatology1813
cardiology1837
laryngology1842
pharyngology1842
glossology1844
haematics1854
urology1855
odontonosology1857
otiatrics1857
otiatry1857
trichology1860
trichopathy1860
urinology1860
psychoneurology1865
otology1874
rhinology1874
rhinolaryngology1888
sphygmology1890
otolaryngology1897
proctology1899
otorhinolaryngology1900
gastro-enterology1904
neuroendocrinology1922
urodynamics1954
pulmonology1955
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
1922 P. Fridenberg in L. F. Barker et al. Endocrinol. & Metabolism II. 757 (heading) Ophthalmic neuro-endocrinology.
1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 442/2 In 1952 he was appointed senior lecturer in experimental neuroendocrinology at the Institute of Psychiatry.
1996 Economist 23 Nov. 145/2 According to Philip Gold, the head of neuroendocrinology at NIMH, depression may affect as many as 9% of American women.
Derivatives
neuroendocrinoˈlogical adj.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > study of nervous system > [adjective]
neurological1832
neurophysiological1844
neuropsychological1851
neurologic1896
neuroanatomical1904
neuroanatomic1936
neurophysiologic1937
neurochemical1940
neuroendocrinological1963
the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [adjective] > dealing with specific parts
neurological1832
rhinological1838
urological1855
otiatric1857
systatic1858
cardiological1884
rhinolaryngological1885
trichological1887
laryngological1888
dermatological1891
neurologic1896
urologic1897
otolaryngologic1898
otolaryngological1898
rhinolaryngologic1898
proctologic1899
proctological1899
stomatological1913
cardio1928
otorhinolaryngological1929
sphygmological1931
haematological1946
haematologic1947
neuroendocrinological1963
urodynamic1963
1963 Annales d'Endocrinol. 24 198 (heading) Introduction to the neuro-endocrinological study of the pineal gland.
1974 Nature 17 May 213/1 Recent neuroendocrinological findings of most of the leading laboratories in Europe were discussed informally.
1991 E. K. Sedgwick How to bring Your Kids up Gay in E. Sedgwick Tendencies (1993) 158 He is much taken with recent neuroendocrinological work suggesting the prenatal stress on the mother may affect structuration of the fetal brain.
neuroendocriˈnologist n.
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the world > life > the body > study of body > study of nervous system > [noun] > person
neurotomist1726
neurologist1832
nerve physiologist1890
neuroanatomist1919
neurophysiologist1936
neuroradiologist1955
neuroendocrinologist1957
neuroscientist1964
1957 Science 12 July 84/3 Neuroendocrinologists have provided us with numerous clues to endocrine physiology.
1969 Britannica Yearbk. Sci. & Future 1968 389 These organic compounds, which were thought to act as chemical mediators (neurohumors) at synaptic junctions..were of interest to neuroendocrinologists.
1992 Time 20 Jan. 46/2 Neuroanatomist Laura Allen and neuroendocrinologist Roger Gorski of UCLA decided to try to circumvent some of these problems by obtaining brain scans from live, apparently healthy people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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