Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Originating in the nerves or nervous tissue.
  • adjective Caused or affected by the nerves or nervous system.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Originating in the nerves or in nervous substance.

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  • adjective Originating in, or caused by, the nervous system

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  • adjective arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues

Etymologies

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neuro- + -genic

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Examples

  • It can be from the water itself, so she goes into the water alive but unconscious, subsequently drowns, but you can also get a lot of fluid accumulation from a death, from head trauma, called neurogenic shock.

    CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2006 2006

  • Urinary incontinence in patients with MS or SCI is frequently caused by a condition called neurogenic detrusor overactivity NDO, which results in involuntary contractions of the bladder during the filling stage when the bladder should be relaxed.

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  • Roberts has multiple sclerosis, court records say, along with a condition called neurogenic bladder syndrome, which she developed as a consequence of the multiple sclerosis.

    Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2009

  • Understanding the compensatory mechanisms following genetic deletion of SERCA-2 will provide valuable clues to improving bladder function in the face of an ongoing hypertrophic stimulus as seen in patients with neurogenic bladder of the fetus with a posterior urethral valve.

    Urology Division Research 2010

  • She had attached another neurogenic patch to the back of his hand and the Romulan doctor had allowed her to give him a much belated cellular regenerator treatment.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • She had attached another neurogenic patch to the back of his hand and the Romulan doctor had allowed her to give him a much belated cellular regenerator treatment.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • "That vasodilation is caused by neurogenic NO exceeding the threshold for sGC, generating cGMP and causing vasodilation."

    A Question of Value: What Does Cognitive Neuroscience Really Contribute? JLK 2009

  • That vasodilation is caused by neurogenic NO exceeding the threshold for sGC, generating cGMP and causing vasodilation.

    A Question of Value: What Does Cognitive Neuroscience Really Contribute? JLK 2009

  • He felt it was neurogenic, started her on Lyrica and referred her to a neurologist.

    Clinical Case: Leg Pain (Part 1) 1 Dinosaur 2008

  • He felt it was neurogenic, started her on Lyrica and referred her to a neurologist.

    Archive 2008-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2008

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