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neurologically

neurologically

5 7.4
In a way that has to do with the brain or nerves
  • adverb
  • /nʊrˈɑːɡɪkli/
  • Specialized
: neurológicamente
  • Of all these behaviors, this is the one that is the most clearly neurologically caused.
  • neurologically intact
  • neurologically degraded
  • neurologically impaired

And no one who was born neurologically healthy is responsible for that.

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Examples

  • Neurologically, you seem to be fine.

  • This boy is neurologically intact.

  • And no one who was born neurologically healthy is responsible for that.

  • This is something that happens neurologically during childhood.

  • That is, the brain is shifting neurologically in response to what we do with it.

  • We operated on four patients who failed to recover neurologically after two months of medical therapy.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Figure 4 shows a neurologically intact individual standing in the MRF.

    Academic text (2000)
  • All participants had normal or corrected-to-normal vision, were physically and neurologically healthy, and received course credit in exchange for their participation.

    Academic text (2018)
  • We now know that the brain inherently and involuntarily triggers shared reactions neurologically when we are observing others' experiences.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Researchers discovered that behaviors can be neurologically driven by brain activity.

Synonyms

neurally
vsneurologically
  • Specialized
1 6.9

Through the body's nerves that send messages to and from the brain

includes the brain as well covering central nervous system aspects

Surface Forms

neurologically positive

Morphology

neurologically = neurological (transparent) = neurology + ical + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'neurological', yielding a clear meaning 'in a neurological way'.

Etymology

The word neurologically starts with neuro- meaning 'nerve' and has -logy meaning 'study', like in biology. With -ally added, it means 'in a way that relates to the nerves or brain'.