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BRAIN DOCTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brain doctor mean?
• BRAIN DOCTOR (noun)
The noun BRAIN DOCTOR has 1 sense:
1. a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
Familiarity information: BRAIN DOCTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
brain doctor; neurologist
Hypernyms ("brain doctor" is a kind of...):
medical specialist; specialist (practices one branch of medicine)
Instance hyponyms:
Charcot; Jean Martin Charcot (French neurologist who tried to use hypnotism to cure hysteria (1825-1893))
Cushing; Harvery Williams Cushing; Harvey Cushing (United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939))
Freud; Sigmund Freud (Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939))
Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing; Krafft-Ebing; Richard von Krafft-Ebing (German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902))
Georges Gilles de la Tourette; Gilles de la Tourette; Tourette (French neurologist (1857-1904))
Karl Wernicke; Wernicke (German neurologist best known for his studies of aphasia (1848-1905))
Thomas Willis; Willis (English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the brain (1621-1675))
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