Noun | 1. | ![]() mass action, mass-action principle - (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease clinical neurology, neurology - (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders refractory period - (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response astrocytic - of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia pneumogastric, vagal - of or relating to the vagus nerve |
2. | neurology - (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques neurology - the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system |