Unit 4 Vocabs
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| anesthesiologist | a physician who specializes in the science of anesthesia
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| aphagia | a loss or lack of the ability to eat or swallow
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| aphasia | a loss or lack of the ability to speak
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| bradykinesia | an abnormal slowness of motion
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| cephalalgia | head pain; headache
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| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the cerebellum and spinal cord
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| dysphasia | impairment of speech caused by a brain lesion
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| electroencephalograph | an instrument used to record the electrical activity of the brain
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| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain
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| encephalopathy | pertaining to any disease of the brain
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| foraminotomy | surgical incision into the intervertebral foramen
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| hemiparesis | slight paralysis that affects one half of the body
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| hydrocephalus | pertaining to an increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain
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| hyperesthesia | excessive feelings of sensory stimuli, such as pai, touch, or sound
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| hyperkinesis | excessive muscular movement and motion; inability to be still; also known as hyperactivity
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| hypermnesia | a state of excellent memory for names, dates, and details; may occur with psychosis, during neurosurgical procedures, or with brain injuries
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| intracranial | pertaining to within the skull
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| laminectomy | surgical excision of a vertebral posterior arch
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| microcephalus | pertaining to an individual with a very small head
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| neuralgia | pain in a nerve or nerves
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| neurasthenia | nervous weakness, exhaustion, prostration common after depressed states
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| paraplegia | paralysis of both legs and, in some cases, the lower portion of the body
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| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four extremities
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| radiculitis | inflammation of spinal nerve roots
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