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Terminology week 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acute Pain | Sudden pain that results from injury or inflammation |
| Acupuncture | Nonpharmacological treatment for pain that involves the application of needles |
| Analgesic | An agent that relieves pain |
| Anoxia | Lack of oxygen to the brain |
| Arthritis | Condition associated with joint pain |
| Aura | Unusual sensation, auditory, visual, or olfactory hallucination that is experienced |
| Biofeedback | Non-pharmacological treatment for pain that involves relaxation techniques |
| Catatonia | Symptom of schizophrenia associated with unresponsiveness and immobility |
| Chronic Pain | Pain that persists for a long period of time; usually three months |
| Circadian Rhythms | Biological change that occurs according to time cycles |
| Complex focal seizures | Seizure disorder that produces a blank stare, disorientation, repetitive action and memory loss |
| Convulsions | Sudden contraction of muscles that is caused by seizures |
| COX-2-inhibitor | Medication that blocks cyclooxygenase-2 |
| Delusion | Irrational thoughts or false beliefs |
| Depressant | Drug that decreases activity in the brain and is used to promote drowsiness and relaxation |
| Diabetic neuropathy | Peripheral nerve disorder caused by diabetes |
| Disinhibition | opposite if inhibited |
| Dysphoria | Feeling of emotional and/or mental discomfort |
| Endorphins | Substances released by the body in response to painful stimuli |
| Epilepsy | Recurrent seizure disorder characterized by a sudden, excessive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons |
| Euphoria | State of intense happiness or well-being |
| Extrapyramidal symptoms | Excessive muscle movement associated with the use of neuropletics |
| Febrile seizure | Seizure associated with a sudden spike in body temperature |
| Generalized seizures | Seizures that spread across both cerebral hemispheres |
| Gingival Hyperplasia | Excess growth of gum tissue that may overgrow the teeth |
| Hallucination | Visions or voices that exist only in the mind |
| Hirsutism | Excessive growth of body hair |
| Hypnotic | Drug that induces sleep |
| Insomnia | Condition characterized by difficulty falling asleep and/or staying awake |
| Melatonin | Hormone that is released by the pineal gland that makes a person feel drowsy |
| Myoclonic seizure | Seizure that is characterized by jerking Muscle movements and is caused by contraction of major muscle groups |
| Negative symptoms | Sign of schizophrenia associated with decreased ability to think, plan, or express emotion |
| Neuropletic | Medication used to treat schizophrenia or other psychosis |
| Neuroleptic malignant syndrome | Potentially fatal reaction to administration of neuropletics |
| Neuropathic pain | Pain associated with nerve injury |
| Nociceptors | Thin nerve fibers that care pain signals |
| Non-REM sleep | Stage 1 through stage 4 of sleep cycle |
| Opiate Naive | No current exposure to opioids |
| Opioid | Synthetically derived analgesic having properties similar to morphine |
| Petit mal seizure | Absence seizure in which the person experiences a brief period of unconsiousness and stares vacantly into space |
| Plasticity | Ability of the brain to restructure and adapt to injury |
| Positive symptoms | Hallucinations, delusions, or other unusual thoughts or perceptions that are symptoms of schizophrenia |
| Postural hypotension | Drop in blood pressure due to a change in posture |
| Psychosis | Mental state characterized by disorganized behavior and thought, delusions, hallucinations, and a loss of touch with reality. |
| Rebound hypersomnia | Condtion associated with excessive sleep that follows long-term insomnia |
| REM sleep | Rapid eye movement sleep when dreaming occurs |
| Schizophrenia | Type of psychosis characterized by delusions of thought, visual and/or auditory hallucinations and speech disturbances |
| Sedative | Drug that causes relaxation and promotes drowsiness |
| Seizure threshold | Term that refers to a person's susceptibility to seizures |
| Shingles | Reoccurring and painful skin rash caused by the herpes zoster virus |
| Simple focal seizures | Seizure that affects only one part of the brain and causes the person to experience unusual sensations or feelings |
| Status epilepticus | Medical emergency brought on by repeated genralized seizures that can deprive the brain of oxygen |
| Stimulant | Drug that increases activity in the brain and is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy |
| Substance P | Peptide that is involved in the production of pain sensations and controls pain perception |
| Sympathomimetic | Drug whose effects mimic the effects produced by stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system |
| Tardive Dyskinesia | Inappropriate postures of the neck, trunk, and limbs accompanied by involuntary thrusting of the tongue |
| Tonic-clonic seizures | Generalized seizure that causes stffening of the limbs, difficulty breathing, and jerking movements and is followed by limbs that become limp and disorientation |
| Trigeminal neuralgia | Painful condition that produces intense, stabbing pain in areas of the face |
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