neurointellectual
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From neuro- + intellectual.
Adjective
[edit]neurointellectual (not comparable)
- Pertaining to intelligence and intellectual capabilities that are neurologically determined.
- 1994, Waldo Emerson Nelson, Richard E. Behrman, Robert Kliegman, Nelson essentials of pediatrics, page 203:
- The prognosis of symptomatic neonatal hypoglycemia with seizures is poor and is associated with abnormal neurointellectual development. The prognosis for other forms of hypoglycemia is better.
- 2017, B. Koletzko, R. Shamir, D. Turck, Nutrition and Growth: Yearbook 2017, page 87:
- Neurointellectual outcomes in children appear to be more dependent on their mothers' nutritional iodine status than on maternal thyroid function.