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n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour + -meter. ] An instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aleurone. ] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour. ] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) Neuropathy of the neurons innervating blood vessels. Called also Angioneurosis, Vasomotor neurosis, Vasoneurosis. [ AS ]

2. (Med) Angiopathic neuropathy. [ AS ]

‖n. [ NL.; angio- + neurosis. ] (Med.) Angioneuropathy{ 1 }. The term angioneuropathy is now used more frequently than angioneurosis. -- An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + AS]

‖n.; pl. Aponeuroses [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pass into a tendon; &unr_; from + &unr_; to strain the sinews, &unr_; sinew, tendon, nerve. ] (Anat.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciæ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aponeurosis + Gr. &unr_; a cutting. ] Dissection of aponeuroses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the southeast wind + &unr_; wave, billow; according to another reading, &unr_;, i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Vulgate Euro-aquilo. ] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ L. europeaus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. Gr. &unr_; (L. europa.) ] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the European plan, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or }. An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the (European) Eastern Question. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the process of becoming like the Europeans in manners or character; assimilation into European culture. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. [ 1913 Webster ]

A state of society . . . changed and Europeanized. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; Europe + -ium, as in aluminium. ] (Chem.) A metallic element of the rare-earth group (Lanthanide series), discovered spectroscopically by Demarcay in 1896. Symbol, Eu; atomic number 63; at. wt., 151.965 (C=12.011); valence = +2 or +3. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. an order of fungi having a closed ascocarp (cleistothecium) with the asci scattered rather than gathered into a hymenial layer.
Syn. -- order Eurotiales, Aspergillales, order Aspergillales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. OF. floron. Cf. Floroon. ] A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower-shaped part in a necklace. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Aryan; -- applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common origin of the Indo-European nations. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language.

Professor Otto Schrader . . . considers that the oldest probable domicile of the Indo-Europeans is to be sought for on the common borderland of Asia and of Europe, -- in the steppe country of southern Russia. Census of India, 1901. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Gr. ney^ron nerve. ] (Anat.) A combining denoting a nerve, of or pertaining to a nerve or the nervous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + central. ] (Anat.) Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., /mhw>, a. (Zool.) See Neurocord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) Nerve force. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + Gr. koi^los a hollow. ] (Anat.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + cord. ] (Zool.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. -- Neu`ro*cor"dal a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Neuro- + epidermal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epidermis; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron ligament + gli`a glue. ] (Anat.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord; called also Kölliker's reticulum. It is composed of cells which are not neurons. Once thought to serve merely a supporting funciton, they are now believed to have important metablolic functions. Among them are the astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendroglia cells, and microglia cells. Stedman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Neuro- + -graphy. ] (Anat.) A description of the nerves. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + keratin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to neurology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + -logy. ] The branch of science which treats of the nervous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Neuro-, and -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + -mere. ] (Anat.) A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + muscular. ] (Physiol.) Nervomuscular. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Neura [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron nerve. ] (Anat.) 1. The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; myelencephalon. [ obsolete ] B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cell Biology) The characteristic specialized cell that is part of the nervous system, serving to conduct electrical impulses to and from the brain, and also between other parts of the body, and composed of a main cell body, the axon, with a varying number of processes of varying length, the dendrites; a nerve cell. The movement and behavior of higher animals depends on the signals tranmsitted by such nerve cells. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer. ] (Med.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. acting upon or influencing nervous functions; -- of chemical substances.
Syn. -- neurergic. [ PJC ]

n. [ Neuro- + -pod. ] (Zool.) A neuropodous animal. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. ney^ron a nerve + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_;, &unr_;, the foot. ] (Zool.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + -pod + -ous. ] (Zool.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + pore. ] (Anat.) An opening at either end of the embryonic neural canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.
Syn. -- physiological psychology, psychophysiology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ney^ron nerve + ptero`n a wing, fr. pte`sqai to fly. ] (Zool.) An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera. [ 1913 Webster ]