ilmu saraf

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ilmoe saraf (pre-1947)

Etymology

Compound of ilmu +‎ saraf

• From Malay ilmu saraf, from Classical Malay ilmu saraf, from Arabic عِلْم الصَّرْف (ʕilm aṣ-ṣarf).
• Calque of English neuroscience.

Noun

ilmu saraf (first-person possessive ilmu sarafku, second-person possessive ilmu sarafmu, third-person possessive ilmu sarafnya)

1. (linguistics) morphology: the study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).

   Synonym: morfologi

Noun

ilmu saraf (first-person possessive ilmu sarafku, second-person possessive ilmu sarafmu, third-person possessive ilmu sarafnya)

1. neuroscience: the scientific study of the nervous system.

   Synonym: neurosains

2. neurology: the branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.

   Synonym: neurologi

Further reading

• “ilmu saraf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.