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Neurine
- - A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.
Neurism
- - Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital.
Neuroma
- noun - any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system
Neurone
- unknown - a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.
Neurons
- noun - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Neurula
- - An embryo of certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.
NEUSTON
- unknown - the collective term for the organisms that float on the top of water or live right under the surface
Neuters
- noun - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine)
- remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
Neutral
- adjective - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
- having no net electric charge
- having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"
- having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"
- lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral personality that made no impression whatever"
- not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest
- one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
Neutron
- noun - an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus