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NEUROLOGIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it

Synonyms:

brain doctor; neurologist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("neurologist" is a kind of...):

medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)

Instance hyponyms:

Charcot; Jean Martin Charcot (French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893))

Cushing; Harvery Williams Cushing; Harvey Cushing (United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939))

Freud; Sigmund Freud (Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939))

Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing; Krafft-Ebing; Richard von Krafft-Ebing (German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902))

Georges Gilles de la Tourette; Gilles de la Tourette; Tourette (French neurologist (1857-1904))

Karl Wernicke; Wernicke (German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905))

Thomas Willis; Willis (English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675))

Derivation:

neurology ((neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders)

neurology (the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system)

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