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neurology

neurology

22 4.2
The medical study of the brain and nerves
  • noun
  • /njuˈrɑlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : neurología
  • She chose to study neurology because she was fascinated by how the nervous system affects behavior.
  • Neurology Department
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology

He is an expert in neurology as well as spinal health.

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Examples

  • The clinical trial was conducted through the Neurology Department of a large metropolitan hospital.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The study, in the journal Neurology, found that mood, mobility problems, and pain or discomfort were contributory factors.

    Academic text (2014)
  • What is it about age or maybe neurology that makes people set in their ways as they get older?

  • OK, Now there are a few, not very many phenomena in neurology that are similar to this.

  • Every single test we do in neurology has a level of a reliability and nothing is perfect.

  • I am chairman of the Department of Neurology.

  • Then, he and his parents returned to the neurology clinic when he was 15 to ask about medication.

    Academic text (1990)
  • He is an expert in neurology as well as spinal health.

  • Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Robert M. Sapolsky is a professor of biological sciences and neurology at Stanford University.

    Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

clinical neurology
vsneurology
  • Specialized
4.8

Part of medicine that finds and treats problems of the brain and nerves

studies the nervous system and its disorders rather than clinical diagnosis or treatment

Compounds

clinical neurology
  • Specialized
4.8

Part of medicine that finds and treats problems of the brain and nerves

Surface Forms

neurology singular
neurologies plural

Morphology

neurology = neuro (semi-transparent) = neuro + logy

The meaning is largely predictable from the technical combining form neuro- and the suffix -logy, but it remains specialized medical vocabulary.

Etymology

The word neurology comes from Greek parts neuro- meaning 'nerve' and -logy meaning 'study', the same ending you see in biology. So neurology is the study of the nerves and the brain, which is why it is the branch of medicine that looks at nervous system problems.