clinical neurology
- noun
- /ˈklɪnɪkəl njuˈrɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
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neurología clínica
- She studied clinical neurology to better understand disorders like epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.
Examples
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The rapid time to report and the quantity of reports received from the Clinical Network demonstrated a strong collaboration among the clinical neurology community, infection preventionists, and public health authorities.
Academic text (2013) -
It's in the book Newton's Madness for the Tales of Clinical Neurology by Harold Klowens, a a neurologist.
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The conference on clinical neurology brought together experts to discuss advancements in treating nerve diseases.
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His research in clinical neurology focused on the relationship between neurological disorders and mental health.
Synonyms
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The medical study of the brain and nerves
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'clinical' (pertaining to patient observation/treatment) modifies 'neurology' (the medical field dealing with the nervous system), so the combined meaning — the branch of medicine concerned with diagnosing and treating nervous-system disorders — is derivable from the constituents. Although somewhat technical, the construction is literal and parallels equivalent medical noun phrases in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Clinical neurology comes from two parts: clinical comes from a word for 'bed' because doctors cared for patients at their beds, and neurology comes from words for 'nerve' and 'study'. So, clinical neurology means the part of medicine that looks after and treats people with problems of the nerves and brain.