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NEUROLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neurology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Domain category:
neurology (the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system)
Derivation:
neurologic; neurological (of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology)
neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neurology" is a kind of...):
medical science (the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease)
Domain member category:
mass-action principle; mass action ((neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning)
clinical neurology; neurology ((neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders)
refractory period ((neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response)
astrocytic (of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia)
pneumogastric; vagal (of or relating to the vagus nerve)
Derivation:
neurologic; neurological (of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology)
neurologist (a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it)
