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

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.

Other Word Forms

• neurological adjective
• neurologically adverb
• neurologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of neurology¹

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

Example Sentences

“What intrigued us more than anything was that he was a neurology resident,” says Kip Oberting, then at White Mountains.

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David Gates, assistant professor of neurology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, says the findings are “highly intriguing” and represent “a pretty clever strategy” for removing amyloid from the brain.

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And Dr. Rodolfo Savica, a professor of neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says there are a number of environmental and genetic factors that increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease.

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The neurology drug development race is heating up.

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However, according to Dr. Sandra Weintraub, professor of psychiatry, behavioral sciences, and neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the most astonishing discoveries have come from looking directly at their brains.

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