neurology
medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system
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Summary
neurology is a medical specialty[1]. neurology ranks in the top 5% of medical specialty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,242 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: academic discipline[3]
- Subclass of: medicine[4], medicine of the nerves[5], neuroscience[6]
- Commons category: Neurology[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Neurology[8]
- OpenStreetMap tag: healthcare:speciality=neurology[9]
- Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Different from: pain medicine[13], neuropsychology[14], brain science[15], neurology[16]
- History of topic: history of neurology and neurosurgery[17]
- Is the study of: nervous system[18]
- Practiced by: neurologist[19], Facharzt für Neurologie[20]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Neurology[22], WikiProject Medicine[23], WikiProject Neuroscience[24], WikiProject Epilepsy[25]
- P10203: 2728[26], 2808[27]
Why It Matters
neurology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] neurology is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]