Coined 1776 from Greek 'neuron' (nerve, sinew) — the Greek root originally meant 'sinew' before shifting to 'nerve.'
A relatively mild mental illness not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, or obsessive behavior but without loss of contact with reality.
Coined by Scottish physician William Cullen from Greek 'neûron' (nerve, sinew, tendon) with the medical suffix '-osis' (abnormal condition, disease). Cullen used the term to describe disorders he believed originated in the nervous system rather than in specific organs. The Greek 'neûron' derives from PIE *sneh₁-wr̥ (sinew, tendon), from *sneh₁- (to
The Greek 'neûron' originally meant 'sinew' or 'bowstring,' not 'nerve.' Hippocrates used 'neûron' for the tendons and ligaments he could see in dissection. The meaning shifted to 'nerve' only as anatomists realized that the white fibers running through the body were not sinews for pulling