neuroscience

noun

neu·​ro·​sci·​ence ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 

ˌnyu̇r-

: a branch (such as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning

neuroscientific

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˌsī-ən-ˈti-fik 

ˌnyu̇r-

adjective

neuroscientist

ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən-tist 

ˌnyu̇r-

noun

Examples of neuroscience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Every single neuroscientist who ever thought these are the key for understanding the big questions in neuroscience went home and applied for a DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] license and wants to work on psychedelics. —Quanta Magazine, 6 June 2024

Elizabeth Reye, trained in neuroscience, is challenging fellow Republicans Kari Lake and Mark Lamb for the GOP nomination as a Reagan-style conservative. —The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2024

Saturn’s return is one of those random places in astrology where neuroscience has the answer. —Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024

Actor Natalie Portman boasts the rare distinction of having an Erdős number (five) and a Bacon number (two) because of her neuroscience publication as an undergraduate (written under her birth name, Natalie Hershlag). —Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

neuroscience

noun

neu·​ro·​sci·​ence ˌn(y)u̇r-ō-ˈsī-ən(t)s 

: a branch (as neurophysiology) of science that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially their relation to behavior and learning

neuroscientific

-ˌsī-ən-ˈtif-ik 

adjective