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

The more mismatch with solar time, the higher the risk of health problems, Dr. Karin Johnson, a neurology professor at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate who is on the board of Save Standard Time, a nonprofit that advocates for permanent standard time, told NBC News in 2022. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024

The list ranks children's hospitals in 11 specialties, including pediatric cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; neurology and neurosurgery; and urology. —Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Oct. 2024

What’s The Deal About Brain Fog A study on brain fog that was published in a prestigious journal on neurology and psychiatry aimed to ascertain what people generally mean when referring to brain fog. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024

For Broward Health, the affiliation brings Nicklaus Children’s expertise in neurology, cardiology, oncology and orthopedics and subspecialties to its pediatric patients. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Nov. 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