neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy nu̇-ˈrä-lə-jē 

nyu̇-

: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system

neurological

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

ˌnyu̇r-

adjective

or neurologic

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-jik 

ˌnyu̇r-

neurologically

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē 

ˌnyu̇r-

adverb

Examples of neurology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to Brian Copeland, an associate professor of clinical neurology at Louisiana State University, in the era of modern pollution control, chemical exposures are still too frequent. — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

The study design is a natural experiment, says Victor Henderson, MD, a professor of epidemiology and neurology at Stanford Neuroscience Health Center in California who wasn’t involved in the new research. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 July 2026

Rachel Buckley, the study’s lead author and an associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, said the findings provide some of the clearest evidence yet that dementia risk can be detected years before memory problems begin. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

He was instructed to follow up with neurology as an outpatient, but his symptoms were largely attributed to his kidney function and diabetes, the suit states. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

neuro- + -logy

Note: Earlier in the senses "anatomy of the nerves, description of the nervous system," probably taken from the neo-Greek coinage neurología (in the genitive neurologías), introduced by the English physician Thomas Willis (1621-75) in Cerebri anatome, cui accessit nervorum descriptio et usus (London, 1664), p. 235.

First Known Use

circa 1681, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for neurology

• anthology
• apology
• astrology
• biology
• christology
• chronology
• conchology
• cosmology
• cryptology
• cytology
• doxology
• ecology

Kids Definition

neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy n(y)u̇-ˈräl-ə-jē 

: the scientific study of the nervous system

neurological

ˌn(y)u̇r-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl 

adjective

or neurologic

-ˈläj-ik 

Medical Definition

neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy -jē 

: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system