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

The big picture: The drug is part of a focus that's made neuroscience one of the pharmaceutical industry's fastest-growing market segments and prompted Bristol Myers to buy the drug's developer, Karuna Therapeutics, for $14 billion late last year. —Maya Goldman, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024

There aren’t great tools in neuroscience to study intersystem interactions between language and thought. —Gary Stix, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024

As a result, drug discovery, neuroscience, renewable-energy research, and particle physics are fundamentally changing. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024

My passion for exploring the profound power of neuroscience was ignited during research for a chapter on failure in my first book. —Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes, 1 Oct. 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