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Definition: Neuronal |
NeuronalAdjective1. Of or relating to neurons; "neural network". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "neuronal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Pertaining to a neuron or neurons (= conducting cells of the nervous system). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NeuronalSynonyms: neural (adj), neuronic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Neuronal |
| Specialty definitions using "neuronal": Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Axotomy ♦ beta-Alanine ♦ Calcium Channels, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuron-Glia, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, Citalopram ♦ Encephalomyelitis Virus, Avian ♦ Ganglia, Invertebrate, Ganglioglioma, glutamate cascade, Growth Cones ♦ neurofilament, neurofilaments, Neuroleukin, Neuronal atrophy, Neuronal Plasticity ♦ PC12 Cells ♦ Ras-GRF1, Receptor, Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor, Receptor, trkB, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ♦ Senile Plaques. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Neuronal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (neuronal), French (neuronal), German (neuronal), Portuguese (neuronal), Spanish (neuronal). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Photomicrograph of brain tissue from a West Nile encephalitis patient, showing antigen-positive neurons and neuronal processes (in red).Credit: CDC. |  | Photomicrograph of brain tissue from a West Nile encephalitis patient, showing antigen-positive neurons and neuronal processes (in red).Credit: CDC. |
 | Photomicrograph of brain tissue from a West Nile encephalitis patient, showing antigen-positive neurons and neuronal processes (in red).Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathologic brain tissue from a rabies patient displaying the pathognomonic finding of Negri Bodies within the neuronal cytoplasm, and stained using H&E stain.Credit: CDC. |
 | Histopathologic brain tissue from a rabies patient displaying the pathognomonic finding of Negri Bodies within the neuronal cytoplasm, and stained using H&E stain.Credit: CDC. |  | Cresyl violet stain, used here to stain this section of cervical spinal cord, bonds well with acidic components that comprise the neuronal cytoarchitecture such as ribosomes, nuclei and nucleoli.Credit: CDC. |
 | Such disease processes such as neuronal demyelination can leave an individual with permanent muscle weakness, and even paralysis.Credit: CDC. | ||
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Health | Either situation can result in too much neuronal activity and cause epilepsy. (references) | |
This is believed to be the first study to link caspase-6 to neuronal cell death. (references) | ||
The slide shows a rabies virus-infected neuronal cell with intracytoplasmic inclusions. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Neuronal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neuronal" is used about 88 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "neuronal": Neuronal atrophy ♦ Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinosis ♦ Neuronal Plasticity. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "neuronal": neuronal-specific. | |
Ending with "neuronal": non-neuronal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neuronal plasticidad | 13 |
network neuronal | 10 |
neuronal red | 7 |
neuronal | 4 |
neuronal plasticity | 4 |
migration neuronal | 3 |
disorder migration neuronal | 3 |
neuronal synopsis | 2 |
migracion neuronal | 2 |
neuronal vba | 2 |
de desarrollo manual neuronal | 2 |
neuronal serie time vba | 2 |
neuronal regulation society | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "neuronal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 神经细胞. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neuronal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neuronaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neuroni-, neuronaalinen, hermosolu-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | neuronal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neuronal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νευρωνικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | neuronale, neurochimico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | euronalnay neuronal. (various references) neuronal. (various references) neurotransmittorvesikel (neuronal vesicle, neurotransmitter vesicle, synaptosome), neuronalt förgreningnät (neuronal arborization), neuronal vesikel (neuronal vesicle, neurotransmitter vesicle, synaptosome), neuronal differentiering (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation), neuralränna (neuronal fold), synaptosom (neuronal vesicle, neurotransmitter vesicle, synaptosome), differentiering av neuron (differentiation of neurons, neuronal differentiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "neuronal": interneuronal, motoneuronal. (additional references) | |
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"Neuronal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Neemrana, negroni, Nerone, neronian, neuromas, neuronally, neurone, neurosal, Niaruna, Niarunas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-n-o-r-u" | |
-1 letter: aleuron, unlearn. | |
-2 letters: lanner, loaner, neural, neuron, nounal, reloan, ronnel, runnel, unreal. | |
-3 letters: alone, annul, anole, enrol, learn, loner, loran, lunar, nerol, renal, rouen, ulnae, ulnar, ureal. | |
-4 letters: aeon, aero, aloe, anon, earl, earn, elan, enol, euro, lane, lean, lear, leno, loan, lone, lore, lorn, lour, luna, lune, lure, near, neon, noel, nona, none, noun, nurl, olea, oral, orle, rale, real, roan, role, roue, rule, rune, ulan, ulna, urea. | |
-5 letters: ale, ane, are, ear, eau, eon, era, ern, lar, lea, leu, nae, nan, nor, nun, oar, ole, one, ora, ore, our, ran, roe, rue, run, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-n-o-r-u" | |
+2 letters: nondurable, nonnuclear. | |
+3 letters: counterplan, crenulation, mononuclear, neurulation, nonburnable, noncellular, nondurables, nonreusable, outlearning, unignorable. | |
+4 letters: carillonneur, counterplans, crenulations, mononuclears, motoneuronal, neurulations, nomenclature, noncrushable, nonmercurial, nonmolecular, nonnumerical, nonregulated, nonreusables, nonuniversal, ultramontane, ungovernable, unpardonable, unreasonable, unreasonably, urinogenital. | |
+5 letters: carillonneurs, degranulation, encouragingly, grandiloquent, intercommunal, interneuronal, intravenously, neurohormonal, nomenclatural, nomenclatures, nonequilibria, nonmeasurable, nonnumericals, nonrefundable, nonregulation, nonreturnable, nonuniversals, outgeneraling, pronounceable, reinoculating, reinoculation, sensorineural, supernational, ultramontanes, unchlorinated, unconformable, unconquerable, unconquerably, unenforceable, unfortunately, unreasoningly, voluntariness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 75 72 6F 6E 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . ..- .-. --- -. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e u r o n a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0075 0072 006F 006E 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871878481806778 |
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