neuropathistn.
/njᵿˈrɒpəθɪst/, /njʊəˈrɒpəθɪst/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑpəθəst/ Medicine. disused. rare.
Originally: †a physician who attributes the causation of disease to the activity of the nervous system (cf. neuropath n., neuropathologist n.) (obsolete). Later: a specialist in diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist.
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toxicologist1829
functionalist1851
neuropathologist1860
psychopathologist1863
neuropathist1864
histopathologist1872
fluidist1888
nephrologist1888
neuropath1896
phthisiologist1928
immunopathologist1954
physiopathologist1958
1864 W. T. Fox Classif. Skin Dis. 11 Herpes zoster..is a pathological riddle but yet it is used as a grand argument by the neuropathist.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 8/2 The celebrated neuropathist..ordered it to be treated with systematic electrisation.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2923/1 A physician who specializes in nervous disorders may..be called a neuropath, or neuropathist.
1952 S. Griffis Lying in State xi. 160 My old friend..observed that the gentleman who had made the original charges against me greatly needed the services of a good neuropathist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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