GC: n

CT: Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary science that is concerned with the study of the structure and function of the nervous system. It encompasses the evolution, development, cellular and molecular biology, physiology, anatomy and pharmacology of the nervous system, as well as computational, behavioural and cognitive neuroscience.

S: http://www.nature.com/subjects/neuroscience (last access: 20 December 2014)

N: 1. 1963, from neuro- (before vowels neur-, word-forming element meaning “pertaining to a nerve or nerves or the nervous system,” from Greek neuro-, comb. form of neuron “nerve,” originally “sinew, tendon, cord, bowstring,” also “strength, vigor,” from PIE (s)neu- “tendon, sinew”) + science (mid-14c., “what is known, knowledge (of something) acquired by study; information;” also “assurance of knowledge, certitude, certainty,” from Old French science “knowledge, learning, application; corpus of human knowledge” (12c.), from Latin scientia “knowledge, a knowing; expertness,” from sciens (genitive scientis) “intelligent, skilled,” present participle of scire “to know,” probably originally “to separate one thing from another, to distinguish,” related to scindere “to cut, divide,” from PIE root skei- “to cut, to split”).
2. Each of the sciences (as neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, etc.) concerned with the structure or function of the nervous system; such sciences collectively.
3. neuroscience; neurological science: terms usually used in the plural.
4. Terms in use at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=neuroscience&searchmode=none (last access: 20 December 2014). 2, 3 & 4. TERMIUMPLUS.

SYN: neurological science

S: TERMIUMPLUS

CR: computer science