neurology

noun neu·rol·o·gy \ nu̇-ˈrä-lə-jē , nyu̇- \

|Updated on: 10 Jul 2018

Definition of neurology

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

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neurological

play \ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, ˌnyu̇r-\ or neurologic play \ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-jik, ˌnyu̇r-\ adjective

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neurologically

play \ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē, ˌnyu̇r-\ adverb

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Recent Examples of neurology from the Web

Ryan, a second-year medical student at Mayo Clinic, contacted one of his neurology professors to help draft a letter about her condition and acted as a liaison between the doctors in the United States and Spain.

— kelsey mo, azcentral, "UA student recounts sudden paralysis during trip to Spain," 3 July 2018
Every week, hosts Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley use storytelling to bring scientific discovery to your ears, with the help of experts in fields such as robotics, astronomy, neurology, entomology and more.

— erin blakemore, Washington Post, "Selling science, and debunking pseudoscience, through great stories," 23 June 2018
For the last four years Schlaggar has served as division head of pediatric and developmental neurology and co-director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

— andrea k. mcdaniels, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore's Kennedy Krieger Institute hires new CEO," 17 May 2018
The fifth floor will serve as centers for cardiovascular, neurology, the ICU and intermediate care, adding 38 additional beds.

— melanie feuk, Houston Chronicle, "Healthcare providers discuss industry’s future in Lake Houston area," 17 Apr. 2018
Alberto Espay, a professor of neurology at the University of Cincinnati, seemed to agree.

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "US pulls two more from Cuba amid puzzling health cases now affecting China," 11 June 2018
Both psychology and neurology have shown how closely smell is related to memory and emotion.

— Smithsonian, "Smell-O-Vision, Astrocolor and Other Film Industry Inventions That Proved To Be Flops," 28 Feb. 2018
Elissa Newport, a professor of neurology at Georgetown University who specializes in language acquisition, remains a skeptic.

— dana g. smith, Scientific American, "At What Age Does Our Ability to Learn a New Language Like a Native Speaker Disappear?," 4 May 2018
During one such deposition, Egdorf posed questions to Dr. Brian Hainline, the NCAA’s chief medical officer and a clinical professor of neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine.

— michael mccann, SI.com, "Analyzing Ploetz v. NCAA, the First Legal Battle Over CTE to Reach Trial," 26 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of neurology

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.

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First Known Use: circa 1681

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