neurology

American  

[noo-rol-uh-jee, nyoo-] / nʊˈrɒl ə dʒi, nyʊ- /

noun

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

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neurology British  

/ njʊˈrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

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

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neurology Scientific  

/ n-rŏl′ə-jē /

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

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neurology Cultural  

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

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Other Word Forms

• neurological adjective
• neurologically adverb
• neurologist noun

Etymology

Origin of neurology

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

Example Sentences

Ph.D., associate professor of radiology and neurology in the Department of Radiology at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

From Science Daily

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

From Literature

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.

From MarketWatch

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

The neurology drug development race is heating up.

From Barron's