neu·rol·o·gy (n -r l  -j , ny-)n. The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. neu  ro·logic (nr-lj k, nyr-), neuro·logi·cal (--kl) adj.neu ro·logi·cal·ly adv.neu·rol o·gist n. |
neurology [njʊˈrɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Medicine) the study of the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of the nervous system
neurologist n
| neurology (n-rl-j) The scientific study of the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of nerves and the nervous system. |
neurology
the branch of medical science that studies the nerves and the nervous system, especially the diseases that affect them. — neurologist, n. — neurological, adj.
See also: Nerves
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| Noun | 1. |  neurology - the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous systemmass action, mass-action principle - (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease clinical neurology, neurology - (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders refractory period - (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response astrocytic - of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia pneumogastric, vagal - of or relating to the vagus nerve |
| 2. | neurology - (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques neurology - the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system |
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