neurology

neu·rol·o·gy  (n-rl-j, ny-)

n.

The medical science that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it.

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neuro·logic (nr-ljk, nyr-), neuro·logi·cal (--kl) adj.

neuro·logi·cal·ly adv.

neu·rolo·gist n.

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neurology

Noun

Med the scientific study of the nervous system

neurological adj
neurologist n

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neurology  (n-rl-j)

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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	neurology - the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system mass 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 clinical neurology 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