| nephoscope | (noun) a measuring instrument that uses a grid for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of movement of clouds | - |
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| nephralgia | (noun) pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) | - |
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| nephrectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a kidney | - |
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| nephrite | (noun) an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders | - |
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| nephritic | (adjective) of or relating to the kidneys | Synonyms: renal |
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| (adjective) affected by nephritis | - |
| nephritis | (noun) an inflammation of the kidney | Synonyms: Bright's disease |
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| nephroangiosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephrosclerosis |
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| nephroblastoma | (noun) malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass | Synonyms: adenomyosarcoma, embryoma of the kidney, Wilms' tumor, Wilms tumour |
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| nephrocalcinosis | (noun) renal lithiasis in which calcium deposits form in the renal parenchyma and result in reduced kidney function and blood in the urine | - |
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| nephrolith | (noun) a calculus formed in the kidney | Synonyms: kidney stone, renal calculus, urinary calculus |
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| nephrolithiasis | (noun) the presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney | Synonyms: renal lithiasis |
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| nephrology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the kidney - its development and anatomy and physiology and disorders | - |
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| nephron | (noun) any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney | Synonyms: uriniferous tubule |
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| nephropathy | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephrosis, renal disorder |
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| nephroptosia | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosis |
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| nephroptosis | (noun) prolapse of the kidney | Synonyms: nephroptosia |
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| nephrosclerosis | (noun) kidney disease that is usually associated with hypertension; sclerosis of the renal arterioles reduces blood flow that can lead to kidney failure and heart failure | Synonyms: nephroangiosclerosis |
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| nephrosis | (noun) a disease affecting the kidneys | Synonyms: kidney disease, nephropathy, renal disorder |
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| (noun) a syndrome characterized by edema and large amounts of protein in the urine and usually increased blood cholesterol; usually associated with glomerulonephritis or with a complication of various systemic diseases | Synonyms: nephrotic syndrome |
| nephrotomy | (noun) incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone) | - |
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| nephrotoxic | (adjective) toxic to the kidney | - |
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| nephrotoxin | (noun) any toxin that affects the kidneys | - |
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| nephthytis | (noun) any plant of the genus Nephthytis | - |
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| nepotism | (noun) favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs) | - |
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| nepotist | (noun) a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends | - |
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| neptunium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium | Synonyms: atomic number 93, Np |
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| nerd | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: dweeb, grind, swot, wonk |
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| (noun) an intelligent but single-minded expert in a particular technical field or profession | - |
| nerita | (noun) a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum | - |
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| neritic | (adjective) of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep | - |
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| (adjective) relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast | - |
| neritid | (noun) operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell | Synonyms: neritid gastropod |
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| neritina | (noun) ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters | - |
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| nerve | (noun) the courage to carry on | Synonyms: heart, mettle, spunk |
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| (noun) impudent aggressiveness | Synonyms: boldness, brass, cheek, face |
| (noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nervus |
| (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: steel |
| nerveless | (adjective) marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional | Synonyms: cool, coolheaded |
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| (adjective) lacking strength | Synonyms: feeble |
| nervelessly | (adverb) in a composed and unconcerned manner | Synonyms: coolly, nonchalantly |
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| nervelessness | (noun) fearless self-possession in the face of danger | Synonyms: coolness |
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| nerveroot | (noun) once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America | Synonyms: Cypripedium acaule, moccasin flower |
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| nerves | (noun) control of your emotions | - |
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| (noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nervousness |
| nervily | (adverb) in a brash cheeky manner | Synonyms: brashly, cheekily |
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| nervism | (noun) the philosophical position adopted by Pavlov that all behavioral and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system. | - |
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| nervous | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous system | Synonyms: neural |
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| (adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | Synonyms: flighty, skittish, spooky |
| (adjective) excited in anticipation | Synonyms: aflutter |
| (adjective) easily agitated | - |
| (adjective) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety | Synonyms: anxious, queasy, uneasy, unquiet |
| nervously | (adverb) in an anxiously nervous manner | - |
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| (adverb) with nervous excitement | - |
| nervousness | (noun) a sensitive or highly strung temperament | - |
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| (noun) the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters | Synonyms: jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness |
| (noun) an uneasy psychological state | Synonyms: nerves |
| nervure | (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | Synonyms: vein |
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| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ | Synonyms: vein |
| nervus | (noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body | Synonyms: nerve |
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| nervy | (adjective) showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger | - |
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| (adjective) offensively bold | Synonyms: brash, cheeky |
| (adjective) being in a tense state | Synonyms: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| nescience | (noun) ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) | Synonyms: ignorantness, unknowing, unknowingness |
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| nescient | (adjective) holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible | Synonyms: unbelieving |
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| (adjective) uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication | Synonyms: ignorant, unlearned, unlettered |
| ness | (noun) a strip of land projecting into a body of water | Synonyms: cape |
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| nest | (noun) a kind of gun emplacement | - |
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| (noun) furniture pieces made to fit close together | - |
| (noun) a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality | - |
| (noun) a cosy or secluded retreat | - |
| (noun) a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young | - |
| (verb) fit together or fit inside | - |
| (verb) gather nests | - |
| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle |
| (verb) inhabit a nest, usually after building | - |
| nester | (noun) a bird that has built (or is building) a nest | - |
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| (noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: homesteader, squatter |
| nestle | (noun) a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace | Synonyms: cuddle, snuggle |
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| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nuzzle, snuggle |
| (verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: snuggle |
| (verb) lie in a sheltered position | - |
| nestled | (adjective) drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection | Synonyms: snuggled |
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| nestling | (noun) young bird not yet fledged | Synonyms: baby bird |
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| (noun) a young person of either sex | Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
| net | (adjective) remaining after all deductions | Synonyms: nett |
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| (adjective) conclusive in a process or progression | Synonyms: final, last |
| (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, network |
| (noun) a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange | Synonyms: cyberspace, internet |
| (noun) a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects | - |
| (noun) game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton | - |
| (noun) a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) | - |
| (noun) the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) | Synonyms: earnings, lucre, net income, net profit, profit, profits |
| (verb) catch with a net | Synonyms: nett |
| (verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving | Synonyms: web |
| (verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: clear, sack, sack up |
| (verb) yield as a net profit | Synonyms: clear |
| netball | (noun) a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post | - |
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| nether | (adjective) lower | - |
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| (adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth | Synonyms: chthonian, chthonic |
| (adjective) located below or beneath something else | Synonyms: under |
| nethermost | (adjective) farthest down | Synonyms: bottommost, lowermost |
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| netherworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, Scheol, underworld |
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| netiquette | (noun) Etiquette practiced or advocated in electronic communication over a computer network. | - |
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| netkeeper | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender |
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| (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netminder |
| netlike | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netted, webbed, webby, weblike |
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| netmail | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, email |
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| netminder | (noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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| nett | (adjective) remaining after all deductions | Synonyms: net |
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| (verb) catch with a net | Synonyms: net |
| netted | (adjective) having open interstices or resembling a web | Synonyms: lacy, netlike, webbed, webby, weblike |
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| netting | (noun) creating nets | - |
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| (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: gauze, veiling |
| nettle | (noun) any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae) | - |
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| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, vex |
| (verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation | Synonyms: urticate |
| nettled | (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung |
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| nettlesome | (adjective) causing irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexing |
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| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
| network | (noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: mesh, meshing, meshwork, net |
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| (noun) (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs | - |
| (noun) (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits | Synonyms: electronic network |
| (noun) a system of intersecting lines or channels | - |
| (noun) an interconnected system of things or people | Synonyms: web |
| (verb) communicate with and within a group | - |
| networklike | (adjective) having a network of veins or ribs | - |
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| neural | (adjective) of or relating to neurons | Synonyms: neuronal, neuronic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the nervous system | Synonyms: nervous |
| neuralgia | (noun) acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves | Synonyms: neuralgy |
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| neuralgic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia | - |
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| neuralgy | (noun) acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves | Synonyms: neuralgia |
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| neurasthenia | (noun) nervous breakdown (not in technical use) | - |
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| neurasthenic | (adjective) of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia | - |
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| (noun) a person suffering a nervous breakdown | - |
| neurectomy | (noun) surgical removal of all or part of a nerve | - |
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| neurilemma | (noun) thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber | Synonyms: neurolemma |
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| neurilemoma | (noun) tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | Synonyms: neurofibroma |
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| neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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| neuritis | (noun) inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function | - |
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| neuroanatomic | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomical |
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| neuroanatomical | (adjective) of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system | Synonyms: neuroanatomic |
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| neuroanatomy | (noun) the anatomy of the nervous system | - |
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| neurobiological | (adjective) of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system | - |
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| (adverb) with respect to neurobiology | - |
| neurobiologist | (noun) a specialist in neurobiology | - |
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| neurobiology | (noun) the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system | - |
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| neuroblast | (noun) a cell from which a nerve cell develops | - |
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| neuroblastoma | (noun) malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly | - |
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| neurochemical | (noun) any organic substance that occurs in neural activity | - |
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| neurodermatitis | (noun) dermatitis in which localized areas (especially the forearms or back of the neck or outer part of the ankle) itch persistently; cause is unknown | - |
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| neuroendocrine | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together) | - |
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| neuroepithelioma | (noun) malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium | - |
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| neuroepithelium | (noun) epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings | - |
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| neuroethics | (noun) the study of ethical implications of treatments for neurological diseases | - |
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| neurofibril | (noun) Any of the long, thin, microscopic fibrils that run through the body of a neuron and extend into the axon and dendrites, giving the neuron support and shape. | - |
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| neurofibroma | (noun) tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve | Synonyms: neurilemoma |
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| neurofibromatosis | (noun) autosomal dominant disease characterized by numerous neurofibromas and by spots on the skin and often by developmental abnormalities | Synonyms: von Recklinghausen's disease |
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| neurogenesis | (noun) the development of nerve tissues | - |
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| neurogenic | (adjective) arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues | - |
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