neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy nu̇-ˈrä-lə-jē 

nyu̇-

: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system

neurological

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

ˌnyu̇r-

adjective

or neurologic

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-jik 

ˌnyu̇r-

neurologically

ˌnu̇r-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē 

ˌnyu̇r-

adverb

Examples of neurology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Starting wages were also increased for some medical specialties such as neurology. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024

Dion is unwaveringly resilient, but Dr. Amanda Piquet, who serves as director of the autoimmune neurology program at the University of Colorado and is the physician who diagnosed Dion, emphasizes how strenuous her treatments are. —Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024

The lawsuit accuses the neurology and anesthesia teams, as well as others, of negligence in treating, diagnosing and caring for Ramsey, failing to perform the burr hole procedure and failing to drain the hematomas in a timely manner, among other issues. —Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2024

An associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, he was not involved in the CDC research. —Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

neuro- + -logy

Note: Earlier in the senses "anatomy of the nerves, description of the nervous system," probably taken from the neo-Greek coinage neurología (in the genitive neurologías), introduced by the English physician Thomas Willis (1621-75) in Cerebri anatome, cui accessit nervorum descriptio et usus (London, 1664), p. 235.

First Known Use

circa 1681, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy n(y)u̇-ˈräl-ə-jē 

: the scientific study of the nervous system

neurological

ˌn(y)u̇r-ə-ˈläj-i-kəl 

adjective

or neurologic

-ˈläj-ik 

Medical Definition

neurology

noun

neu·​rol·​o·​gy -jē 

: a branch of medicine concerned especially with the structure, function, and diseases of the nervous system