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neu•ris•tor
(nŏŏ ris′tər, nyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation n.
- Electronicsa microelectronic fiberlike device used in information processing.
- 1955–60; neur- + -istor, as in transistor; so named because it acts like a nerve fiber