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neuropath|ˈnjʊərəpæθ|
[f. neuro- + Gr. -παθής, f. πάθος suffering.]
1. A person having an abnormal nervous sensibility; one subject to, or affected by, nervous disease.
1890Q. Rev. CLXXI. 245 The Paris practitioners hold that susceptible persons are always to some extent neuropaths. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 865 The unstable condition of brain matter..is hereditary in the neuropath, and in the offspring of drunkards.
2. a. One who attributes diseases in general to the nervous system (Cent. Dict. 1890).
b. A neuropathist.
1896Voice (N.Y.) 6 Feb. 5/5 This expert neuropath having recently made a professional visit to the United States. |