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focusnoun	(uncountable) Concentration of attention.

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Word	Definition
focusnoun	(uncountable) Concentration of attention.
nestnoun	A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
nucleusnoun	(chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
dentate nucleusnoun	(anatomy) A cluster of neurons, in each hemisphere of the cerebellum, that links it with the rest of the brain.
pedunclenoun	(botany) The stalk supporting an inflorescence or a solitary flower/fruit.
neuraxisnoun	(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
somanoun	(biology) The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells.
subnucleusnoun	A secondary nucleus (of neurons)
nigrosomenoun	A small cluster of dopaminergic cells within the substantia nigra
neuronymynoun	The nomenclature for parts of the brain.
neuromicsnoun	(physiology) The identification of the totality of the neurons in an organism
tegmentumnoun	(neuroanatomy) The ventral portion of the midbrain, divided from the tectum by the cerebral aqueduct and the periaqueductal grey.
ganglionnoun	(neuroanatomy) An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.
nerve centernoun	(figuratively) A physical location in a business, organization, or agency where information procured from different sources is brought together to be considered and acted upon by decision-makers.
nexopathynoun	(pathology) Any disease associated with a neural nexus.
neuromastnoun	A cluster of ciliated and other neural cells that serves as a simple sensory organ in some fish and amphibians.
natesnoun	The buttocks.
lenticular nucleusnoun	(neuroanatomy) Either one of two parts —one on each hemisphere— of the basal ganglia, which is roughly lens-shaped and having two parts which would correspond to two sides of a biconvex lens: the putamen and the globus pallidus (which face outboard and inboard, as it were, respectively).
nucleus accumbensnoun	(neuroanatomy) A dopaminergic nucleus found near the most anterior portion of the caudate nucleus. It is connected to the ventral tegmental area and the prefrontal cortex and is the primary nucleus thought to be involved with addiction.
neuropilenoun	Alternative form of neuropil. [A fibrous network of nervous tissue that forms the gray matter of the brain]