Meaning & use
neurology
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Meanings
noununcountablemedical
The medical field that studies and treats diseases of the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
Grammar: Takes no article when naming the field: she studies neurology.
Patterns
- a specialist in neurology
- the department of neurology
She trained in neurology at a large hospital.
The neurology ward treats strokes and epilepsy.
Advances in neurology have improved treatment for migraines.
noununcountabletechnical
The nervous system's condition or workings in a particular person or species.
Grammar: Less common sense, used with a possessive: his neurology.
The study compared the neurology of two species.
A rare quirk of his neurology explained the symptoms.
Researchers examined the neurology of sleep.
Common combinations
- pediatric neurology
- She works in pediatric neurology.
- a neurology clinic
- He was sent to a neurology clinic.
- neurology department
- The neurology department opened a new wing.
- study neurology
- My cousin plans to study neurology.
- specialize in neurology
- Dr. Reyes specializes in neurology.
Synonyms and how they differ
- neuroscience
- Neuroscience is the wider research science of the nervous system, and neurology is the clinical branch treating patients.
- psychiatry
- Psychiatry deals with mental illness, while neurology treats physical disorders of nerves.
- neurosurgery
- Neurosurgery involves operating, while neurology is mostly diagnosis and medication.
Word family
- neurologist noun
- a doctor who treats nervous system disorders
- neurological adjective
- relating to the nervous system
- neurologically adverb
- in a way relating to the nerves
- neuron noun
- a nerve cell
Commonly confused: neurology or urology? neurology or neuralgia?
neurology vs urology
Urology is the study of the urinary system, while neurology is about the nerves and brain.
neurology vs neuralgia
Neuralgia is nerve pain, a symptom, and neurology is the field of medicine.
Practice
A doctor who treats epilepsy and migraines is most likely to work in ____.
Choose one answer.
Neurology treats disorders of the brain and nerves. Urology covers the urinary system, dermatology the skin and podiatry the feet.
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