English > neurologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it. |
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| Synonym | brain doctor |
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| Instances | Charcot, Jean Martin Charcot | French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893) |
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| Cushing, Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams 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) |
| Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing | German neurologist noted for his studies / studies of sexual / sexual deviance (1840-1902) |
| Tourette, Gilles de la Tourette, Georges Gilles de la Tourette | French neurologist (1857-1904) |
| Wernicke, Karl Wernicke | German neurologist best known for his studies / studies of aphasia (1848-1905) |
| Willis, Thomas Willis | English physician who was a pioneer in the study / study of the brain (1621-1675) |
| Broader | specialist, medical specialist | practices one branch of medicine |
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| Spanish | neurólogo |
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| Catalan | neuròleg |
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| Nouns | neurology | the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system |
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| neurology | (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders |
