| Main Entry: | neuroplasticity |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the brain's natural ability to form new connections in order to compensate for injury or changes in one's environment; also called [brain plasticity], brain malleability |
| Etymology: | 1978-83 |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |