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neuroepidemiology

neuroepidemiology noun: the epidemiology of neurological diseases.

Noun

neuroepidemiology (uncountable)

  1. The epidemiology of neurological diseases.
    • Dr. Breteler is a professor of neuroepidemiology at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.2008 April 29, Nicholas Bakalar, “Aging: Depression Tied to Alzheimer’s”, in New York Times

Origin of neuroepidemiology

From neuro- + epidemiology, introduced by Dr. Len Kurland, Dr. Milton Alter, and Dr. John Kurtzke in 1967.

Questions about neuroepidemiology

What does neuroepidemiology mean?
Neuroepidemiology means the epidemiology of neurological diseases.
What part of speech is neuroepidemiology?
Neuroepidemiology is a noun.

Words near neuroepidemiology in the dictionary

  1. neuroependymal
  2. neuroependymas
  3. neuroepidemiological
  4. neuroepidemiologist
  5. neuroepidemiologists
  6. neuroepidemiology
  7. neuroepidermal
  8. neuroepigenetic
  9. neuroepigenetics
  10. neuroepithelia
  11. neuroepithelial

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