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Definition: Neurological |
NeurologicalAdjective1. Of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology; "neurological evidence". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "neurological" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Rope ladder in which each rung is made of a flat piece of wood pierced by four holes, two at each end, through which the four side ropes are rove. Strong cross seizings are put on just below the rung on each side bending the two side ropes together. Recently, such ladders have been made of chain, with steel rungs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Involving the nerves or nervous system. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: NeurologicalSynonym: neurologic (adj). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | You tell me how to fade in a neurological hologram, and I'll make the cover of Scientific American! (Quantum Leap; writing credit: Ya'ackov Lazar; Jonathan Paz) | |
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 | The Neurological Examination : School Of Aviation Medicine.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | History of Neurosurgery : An Exhibit at the National Library of Medicine, In cooperation with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Encephalography room at the Neurological Institute of Bucharest. / WHO photo.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke : Exploring the Brain, the Nervous System, and the Senses of Communication / Robert J. Demarest.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | The first step in diagnosis is a short neurological examination. (references) | |
These children have no other mental or neurological impairments. (references) | ||
Tremor often accompanies neurological disorders associated with aging. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | Best prospects for U.S. exports include cardiovascular, cancer, asthma, neurological and hormonal drugs, insulins, antibiotics, analgetics, vitamins, and psychotropic drugs. (references) |
Human Rights | Chile | On July 10, the Santiago Court of Appeals ruled, two to one, that Pinochet was mentally unfit to defend himself against the charges; the ruling was based on psychiatric and neurological exams. (references) |
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| "Neurological" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.39% of the time. "Neurological" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.39% | 183 | 22,794 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.61% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 186 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "neurological": High Pressure Neurological Syndrome ♦ neurological disease ♦ neurological disorder. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "neurological"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 神经学 (Neurologic, Neurology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | neurologický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | neurologisk (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neurologisch (nervous system-related, neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | neurologinen (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | neurologique (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | neurologisch (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νευρολογικόσ, νευρολογικός (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | neurologico (neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 경학상 (Neurologic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neayr-oaylleeagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eurologicalnay neurológico, neurite (neuritis). (various references) неврологический. (various references) neurološki. (various references) neurológico (neurologic). (various references) neurologisk undersökning (neurological study), neurologisk sensibilitet (neurological sensitivity). (various references) ทางประสาทวิทยา. (various references) nörolojik. (various references) неврологічний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "neurological": neurologically. (additional references) | |
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"Neurological" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neurolgical, pneumological. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "neurological" (pronounced nuh'rulÄ"jikul) |
| 9 | -r u l Ä" j i k u l | astrological, virological. |
| 8 | -u l Ä" j i k u l | archaeological, archeological, biological, biotechnological, chronological, dermatological, ecological, epidemiological, eschatological, geological, gynecological, ideological, immunological, methodological, morphological, mythological, ontological, pathological, pharmacological, phonological, physiological, psychological, radiological, sociological, technological, theological, toxicological. |
| 7 | -l Ä" j i k u l | illogical, logical, zoological. |
| 6 | -Ä" j i k u l | pedagogical. |
| 5 | -j i k u l | liturgical, magical, metallurgical, nonsurgical, ornithological, serological, strategical, surgical, teleological. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biomedical, botanical, categorical, cervical, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, logistical, lyrical, mathematical, mechanical, metaphorical, metaphysical, metrical, musical, mystical, neoclassical, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nontechnical, optical, paradoxical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, philosophical, physical, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, puritanical, rabbinical, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, testicle, theatrical, theoretical, topical, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, whimsical. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-u" | |
-2 letters: enological, neuroglial, neurologic, urological. | |
-3 letters: allogenic, aureoling, carolling, cellaring, collaring, collegian, collinear, colouring, coralline, laureling, neuralgic, neuroglia, nucleolar, recalling, recoaling. | |
-4 letters: acrolein, allergic, allergin, alluring, carillon, caroling, clangour, clearing, clouring, colinear, collagen, collegia, collogue, colonial, coloring, geraniol, gloriole, guerilla, neologic, nucellar, nucleoli, orogenic, regional, relacing, rocaille, ulcering, unicolor, urologic. | |
-5 letters: acrogen, aileron, aleuron, alienor, aligner, allegro, allonge, anergic, angelic, anglice, auricle, calling, calorie, cariole, carline, carling, cauline, celling, cingula, clanger, clangor, clarion, clinger, clueing, coalier, coaling, coenuri, coinage, collage, collier, cologne, colonel, congeal, cooling, coreign, corneal, cornual, corolla, coronae, coronal, coronel, couloir, courage, courlan, cringle, criollo, culling, cullion, curling, engrail, eulogia, galenic, gallein, galleon, galloon, glacier, glancer, gorilla, gracile, granule, inocula, langrel, languor, ligulae, ligular, linguae, lingual, locoing, locular, logical, loonier, loricae, lounger, louring, lucarne, nargile, nucelli, nucleal, nuclear, ocellar, orcinol, oregano, organic, ralline, realign, reginal, rolling, rouille, unagile, unclear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-r-u" | |
+1 letter: numerological. | |
+2 letters: neurologically. | |
+3 letters: neurobiological. | |
+5 letters: macroglobulinemia, macroglobulinemic, neuropathological, neuroradiological. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 75 72 6F 6C 6F 67 69 63 61 6C |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . ..- .-. --- .-.. --- --. .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110101 01110010 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e u r o l o g i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0075 0072 006F 006C 006F 0067 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)487187848178817375696778 |
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