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NEUROBIOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of biology that deals with the anatomy and physiology and pathology of the nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neurobiology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neurobiology"):
neuroscience (the scientific study of the nervous system)
Derivation:
neurobiological (of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system)
neurobiologist (a specialist in neurobiology)
