Neurology
/ˌnjʊəˈrɒl.ə.dʒi/noun
The branch of medicine dealing with the nervous system and its disorders.
Did you know?The first element comes from Greek neuron, which originally meant a bodily “sinew” or “nerve,” showing how ancient medicine treated the nervous system as a hidden network of living cords.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sneu-
“to spin, twist, or wind”
Ancient Greek
Greek
neûron
“a sinew, tendon, or nerve”
Late Latin
Latin
neurologia
“study of the nerves”
16th–17th Century
French/Neo-Latin
neurologie
“the study of nerves and their diseases”
Modern English
English
neurology
“the medical study of the nervous system and its disorders”