Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Scientific knowledge or investigation of the form and functions of the nervous system in sickness and in health.
Wiktionary
- n. The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
- n. the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system
Etymologies
- From New Latin neurologia; see neuro- + -logy. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“At that time the term neurology had a quite different meaning.”
“But we still have a LONG way to go in neurology, which has been dominated by men and has been more "invisible" in nature to tackle.”
“Developmental neurology is a favorite topic and how we develop and refine mental skills over time is indeed a valid field but the idea that cave men were wandering around at any given time in history without the basic concept of what is "fair" to themselves is ridiculous.”
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“I learned that a healthy neurology is key I always wanted to write, but it was not until I was diagnosed with and treated for Adult ADHD that I was able to focus.”
On Writing and Creativity: Lessons Learned By My 35th Birthday | The Creative Penn
“Struggling to establish a consultant practice in neurology, Cox supplemented his income by working as an anesthetist.”
“He knows neurology is perfect for him because it combines his interest in the body's energy meridians, chi and caring for patients.”
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“Drawing on topics as diverse as synthetic space, psychoanalysis, post-modern geography, post-economics, cybernetics, developments in neurology as well as the fictional writings of authors such as J G Ballard and William Gibson, ‘The Near Future’ will present a series of polemical blasts that are intended to rock the cosy world of architectural discourse.”
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“What it really is, based on my understanding of neurology, is the critical analytical left brain working over everything the intuitive creative left brain unearths from the depths of the id and the subconscious (If I may be forgiven for resorting to Fraudian metaphors here for a moment) and turning it into something comprehensible by other mortals.”
“Neurophobe is a combination of the word neurology (the nervous system) and phobia (fear).”
“The resident interested in neurology had already tried Clinical Neurology, but wanted to try”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘neurology’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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big book gre
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neuro-, neur-
relating to nerves or the nervous system
neuroanatomy, neurohormone, neuroscience, neurosurgery, neuropath, neurosis, neurology
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Jigsaw Codex
List? What list?
This is the list that makes up the world.cat, boustrophedon, syndetic, life, imbroglio, interlude, composition, investigation, cantankerous, him, sign, universality and 189 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
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ologies
technology, zymology, zygology, zoophytology, zoophysiology, zoopathology, zoonosology, zoology, zoogeology, zooarchaeology, xylology, vulcanology and 850 more...
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MY WORDS
egoist, entomologists, egotist, altruist, introvert, extrovert, ambivert, misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, ascetic, Altruism and 193 more...
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lmorchard's Words
grunties, synergize, value-add, market, emerging, buffering, reorganization, streaming, matrix, matrioshka, emergent, aineko and 17 more...
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Now
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mine's an ology!
words ending in ology
biology, oncology, nephrology, histology, microbiology, pathology, zoology, neurology, gynaecology, etiology
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