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neurology

/n(j)ʊ(ə)ˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableThe branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.
  2. colloquialcountableuncountablemedicineFocal neurologic signs; focal neurologic deficits.

    Patient had no neurology.

  3. colloquialcountableuncountablemedicineThe results of a neurological examination.

    Neurology is normal.

In a sentence

Patient had no neurology.

Where it comes from

  1. New Latinneurologia
  2. Englishneurology

From New Latin neurologia. By surface analysis, neuro- + -logy.

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