ˈn(y)u̇rəˌpil noun
also neu·ro·pile -ˌpīl
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary neur- + -pil, -pile (from Greek pilos felt) — more at pile (hair)
1. : a feltwork of delicate unmyelinated nerve fibers interrupted by numerous synapses and found in concentrations of nervous tissue especially throughout the vertebrate central nervous system and especially in parts of the brain where it is highly developed and constitutes with interspersion of myelinated fibers the reticular formations
2. : a delicate terminal branch of a nerve fiber
• neu·ro·pi·lar | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|pīlə(r) adjective