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Neurology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the branch of medicine concerned with the nervous system
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Stage 1 of 2
neuron
Greek · ancient
"a sinew, a nerve"
a sinew or nerve, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
neurology
English · 1680s
"the study of the nervous system"
coined for the medical study of the nervous system
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