neurology

[ noo-rol-uh-jee, nyoo- ]

noun

1. the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.

neurology

/ njʊˈrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the study of the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the nervous system

neurology

/ n-rŏl′ə-jē /

1. The scientific study of the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of nerves and the nervous system.

neurology

1. The branch of medicine devoted to the study and care of the nervous system .

Derived Forms

• neuˈrologist, noun

Other Words From

• neu·ro·log·i·cal [n, oo, r-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, ny, oo, r-], adjective
• neuro·logi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of neurology¹

From the New Latin word neurologia, dating back to 1675–85. See neuro-, -logy

Example Sentences

Ying-Hui Fu, a professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco, has identified three different gene mutations that reduce the amount of sleep people need.

From MIT Technology Review

Outside of the neurology of its lead, Atypical failed to live up to its title.

From Time

Adam Gazzaley, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, developed the first brain-training game to receive FDA approval for its ability to treat ADHD in kids.

From MIT Technology Review

Stephen Salloway, professor of neurology at Brown University and director of neurology and the memory and aging program at Butler Hospital, is one of the principal investigators for the aducanumab trials, and understands the skepticism.

From Time

While Hatcher recovered on the couch—doctor’s orders for him were to chill out and not move much or do much—I called the neurology department at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

From Outside Online

That is the focus of a new study recently published by neurologist Rivka Inzelberg in the Annals of Neurology.

From The Daily Beast

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) chilled the hearts of parents across California and beyond with their announcement.

From The Daily Beast

Brian E. McGeeney, MD, MPH, is a neurologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.

From The Daily Beast

You can have a first-rate mind, but if the neurology is skewed, the thinking will also be skewed.

From The Daily Beast

It was this case that gave rise to the field of neurology as we know it today.

From The Daily Beast

Ever since neurology began, the course of this nerve has arrested the attention of anatomists.

From Project Gutenberg

This primitive quest constitutes the greater part of the “neurology” of our day, and some advance has been made along its lines.

From Project Gutenberg

Several male members of the family have had successful careers in neurology, law, meteorology, politics and mathematics.

From Project Gutenberg

You ain't never stepped bar'foot out o' your bed into a pool o' water, and you all doubled up with neurology in your j'ints.

From Project Gutenberg

He got interested in neurology from the physics angle toward the end of his life, and contributed a lot to cybernetics.

From Project Gutenberg