Category: N
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Neutral steer
Pertaining to the handling characteristics of a vehicle that has a center of gravity in the middle of the vehicle making it easy to handle.
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Neurovesicles
Microscopic sacs in axon terminals that contain a transmitter substance.
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Neurovascular theory
A theory of thermal sensitivity that attributes the experience of warmth and cold to changes in the peripheral blood vessels.
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Neurotoxicology
The science of poisons, their effects, and antidotes as they relate to nerves or the nervous system.
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Neurotic paradox
The use of temporary relief of tension and a tendency to repeat an ineffective behavior which in turn may increase frustration.
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Neurotic needs
Needs that are unrealistic.
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Neurotic-depressive reaction
A psychoneurotic reaction characterized by marked, persistent dejection, and discouragement.
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Neurotic behavior
Psychogenic reactions or actions characteristic of those of a child: compulsive, ineffective, and inefficient.
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Neurotic anxiety
Unrealistic fear.
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Neurosyphilis
Syphilitic infection of the nervous system. Syphilis which attacks the nervous system. Infection of the central nervous system by the organism causing syphilis. Infection of the central nervous system with Treponema pallidum, causing dementia and other degenerative changes; may be asymptomatic or involve the meninges and vascular structures in the brain and/or spinal cord. Syphilis…