neuronal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English neuron Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English neuronal From neuron + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, or relating to a neuron.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures local blood flow related to neuronal firing: When cells fire, they use up oxygen and glucose, and new, oxygen-rich blood then comes in to replenish these resources. These influxes of blood are what fMRI measures.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 48:Nicotine, a stimulant found in tobacco, long used by Native Americans, taught scientists about the existence of our own nicotinic receptors, which influence neuronal excitement.
2019 May 14, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Can CBD Really Do All That?”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2020:
Deriveds
oligoneuronal · extraneuronal · panneuronal · neuronally · subneuronal · premotorneuronal · onconeuronal · isoneuronal · nonneuronal · sympathoneuronal · multineuronal · perineuronal · intraneuronal · proneuronal · transneuronal · polyneuronal · microneuronal · corticoneuronal · glioneuronal · antineuronal · paraneuronal
Synonyms
Translations (10)
fi neuroni- (of, or relating to a neuron) · ro neuronic (of, or relating to a neuron) · ro neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron) · it neuronale (of, or relating to a neuron) · es neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron) · gl neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron) · fi neuronaalinen (of, or relating to a neuron) · ca neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron) · pt neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron) · fr neuronal (of, or relating to a neuron)