| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|jenik adjective
Etymology: neur- + -genic
1.
a. : originating in nervous tissue
a neurogenic tumor
b. : induced, controlled, or modified by nervous factors
neurogenic intestinal lesions
a neurogenic suckling reflex
especially : disordered because of abnormally altered neural relations
the neurogenic kidney
2.
a. : constituting the neural component of a bodily process
neurogenic factors in disease
b. of cardiac muscular contraction : taking place or viewed as taking place in ordered rhythmic fashion under the control of a net of nerve cells scattered in the cardiac muscle — compare myogenic 2
• neu·ro·gen·i·cal·ly -nə̇k(ə)lē adverb