neurologist

American  

[noo-rol-uh-jist, nyoo-] / nʊˈrɒl ə dʒɪst, njʊ- /

noun

• neurologists
  plural

1. a physician specializing in neurology.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• neurologists
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of neurologist

First recorded in 1825–35; neurolog(y) + -ist

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Explanation

A doctor who specializes in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves is a neurologist. A neurologist treats patients with epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, and other disorders that involve the nervous system. You can think of a neurologist as a "brain doctor," although everything in your body that makes up your nervous system, from your brain to your nerves and ganglia, falls under their area of expertise. Neurologists are specially trained to diagnose and treat disorders ranging from concussion and migraines to stroke. The word neurologist comes from neurology and its Greek roots: neuro-, "nerves," and -logia, "study."

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It's something Dr Nicholas Hac, a neurologist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago who specialises in dizziness and vertigo, has also heard from some of his patients.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A neurologist and a psychiatrist who examined Linton weeks after the crash said she suffered a seizure in the moments leading up to the wreck and completely lost control of the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dr. David Millett, a neurologist who examined Linton, suggested an evolving seizure could account for those details.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She was referred to a neurologist, but four years on and she still has not been able to speak to them.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Without turning to look at me, she says, “Ms. Finn gave me the number of a neurologist at the University of Chicago. He’s going to run some tests.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

The symptoms of FTD speak directly to questions of consciousness that have been investigated and debated by neurologists and psychiatrists for more than a century, and by philosophers for far longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"We have clinical psychologists. We have a psychiatrist... There are also neurologists, so they work hand in hand with us," Syquia told AFP on a visit to the centre.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Similarly, there is an ever-shrinking number of nonprocedural specialists such as rheumatologists, neurologists and endocrinologists.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 2026

Saadi, the Harvard neurologist, said that as a general matter, determining whether someone had a seizure is “not something even neurologists can do accurately just by looking at it.”

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026

Psychologists, surgeons, and neurologists came from all over the world to present scientific papers on frontal cortex injuries.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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