NEUROSCIENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The scientific study of the nervous system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("neuroscience" is a kind of...):

neurobiology (the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system)

Domain member category:

axonal (of or relating to or resembling an axon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neuroscience"):

neurophysiology (the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system)

brain science (the branch of neuroscience concerned with the brain)

cognitive neuroscience (the branch of neuroscience that studies the biological foundations of mental phenomena)

Derivation:

neuroscientist (a neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain)