neuropath

== English == === Etymology === From neuro- +‎ -path. === Pronunciation === enPR: n(y)o͝or′ə-păth′ (contemporary Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʊə̯.əˌpaθ/, /ˈn(j)ɔː.əˌpaθ/ (conservative Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʊə̯.əˌpæθ/, /ˈn(j)ɔː.əˌpæθ/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʊɹ.əˌpæθ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʊə̯.əˌpæθ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʉ(ː)ə̯.əˌpɛθ/, /ˈn(j)oː.əˌpɛθ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)ʉɹ.əˌpaθ/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈn(j)uwə̯ʳ.oˌpat̪/, /ˈn(j)oːʳ.oˌpat̪/, /ˈn(j)uːɾ.oˌpat̪/ Rhymes: -ʊɹəpæθ Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧path === Noun === neuropath (plural neuropaths) (medicine, dated) A person with neuropathy, perhaps also including (in outdated nosology) a neurosis: someone who has, or is predisposed to, some disease of the nervous system. (medicine, historical) A physician with specialization in neuropathy, corresponding to today's specialties of neuropathologist or neurologist: one who focuses on nervous conditions in pathology. ==== Usage notes ==== Both senses of the word are outdated, as patients are no longer labeled as if their diseases were their identities, just as a person with syphilis is no longer called luetic (noun); and no neuropathologist or neurologist today is called a neuropath in English.