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."

Example Sentences

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"The next day the family and medics were all ecstatic. The neurologist was high-fiving me."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dr Meneka Sidhu, a consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, said typical absence seizures usually last seconds and the person affected may appear to be daydreaming or looking blank.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

New York neurologist and psychiatrist Jonathan Howard has asked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

A neurologist named Leonard Schleifer courted him for more than a year to team up on a biotech venture that Schleifer was starting in a one-bedroom apartment at Cornell University’s medical resident housing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In medical school I have been befriended by an upstart neurologist, who believes I am acting out a great lifelong falsehood.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

"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

Even in people with symptoms of cognitive decline, positive results on the FDA-cleared tests don’t prove that a patient has Alzheimer’s disease, neurologists caution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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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