Nervous
neurology
noo-ROL-oh-jee
StatusNew
Definition
Medical specialty dealing with the nervous system
SpecialtyNervous
Breakdown
Root
neur/o
nerve
Suffix
-logy
study of
Etymology
Greek: neur/o (nerve) + -logy (study of)
Practice
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