neuronicadj.
/njᵿˈrɒnɪk/, /njʊəˈrɒnɪk/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑnɪk/ Anatomy and Biology.
= neuronal adj.
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1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 490 Diagram illustrating the Neuronic System.
1906 Athenæum 1 Sept. 246/2 The controversy on the neuronic theory still continues.
1931 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 22 141 If there be some such automatic regulating device in the neuronic mechanism, we must assume that it is in operation in the intact animal.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxii. 334 The disease is a primary lipid neuronic degeneration of the whole of the central nervous system.
1996 W. Shatner Return xiii. 120 The neuronic implant will kill him long before the nanites fatally reconfigure his body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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