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    BRAIN DOCTOR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting itplay

    Synonyms:

    brain doctor; neurologist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    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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