neuro-

See also: neuro

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-), combining form of νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”)

Prefix

neuro-

1. nerves, nerve tissue, or the nervous system.

Derived terms

Translingual terms prefixed with neuro-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-), combining form of νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʊə.ɹəʊ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊ.ɹoʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉː.ɹɐʉ/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉː.ɹoː/
• Hyphenation: neu‧ro-

Prefix

neuro-

2. Nerves, nervous tissue, or the nervous system.

   neuropathy, neurospinal, neurodynamics

   • 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:

     There's been a proliferation of “neuro-” fields. Some, like neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology, are stodgy old institutions by now.

4. Neurodivergent or neurodiversity.

   neuroqueer, neurospicy

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with neuro-

Translations

relating to nerves or the nervous system

• Bulgarian: невро- (nevro-)
• Catalan: neuro- (ca)
• Dutch: neuro- (nl)
• Finnish: neuro- (fi)
• French: neuro- (fr)
• Galician: neuro- (gl)
• Georgian: ნეირო- (neiro-), ნევრო- (nevro-)
• German: neuro- (de)
• Greek: νευρο- (el) (nevro-)
• Italian: neuro- (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: neuro-, nevro-

  Nynorsk: neuro-, nevro-

• Polish: neuro- (pl)
• Portuguese: neuro- (pt)
• Russian: нейро- (ru) (nejro-), нервно- (nervno-)
• Spanish: neuro- (es)
• Ukrainian: нейро- (nejro-), нервно- (nervno-)
• Yiddish: נעווראָ־ (nevro-)

Anagrams

• Rouen

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌnɛw.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˌnɛw.ɾo]

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with neuro-

Further reading

• “neuro-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “neuro-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “neuro-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “neuro-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnœwʁo-/, /ˈnɛwʁo-/, /nœwʁoˈ-/, /nɛwʁoˈ-/

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with neuro-

References

• “neuro-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with neuro-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English neuro-), ultimately from Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯ro-/, [ˈne̞u̯ro̞-]

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Synonyms

• hermo-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with neuro-

Anagrams

• euron

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nø.ʁo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with neuro-

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɪ̯ʁo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with neuro-

Further reading

• “neuro-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “neuro-” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “neuro-” in Duden online

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛw.ro/
• Hyphenation: nèu‧ro-

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with neuro-

Anagrams

• nuore

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛw.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛwrɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with neuro-

Further reading

• neuro- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Prefix

neuro-

1. (anatomy) neuro- (relating to nerves or the nervous system)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with neuro-

Related terms

• neurónio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-), combing form of νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neuɾo/ [neu̯.ɾo]
• Syllabification: neu‧ro-

Prefix

neuro-

1. neuro-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with neuro-

Further reading

• “neuro-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10