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Diseases and Conditions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| agnoisa- (without/knowing/condition) | inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial or other sensations even though sensory sphere is intact |
| asthenia-(without/strength/condition) | weakness debility or loss of stength |
| ataxia- (without/order, coordination/condition) | lack of muscle coordination in execution of voluntary movement |
| closed head injury | injury to head in which dura mater remains in tact and brain tissue is not exposed |
| coma | abnormally deep unconsciousness with absence of voluntary response stimuli |
| concussion | injury to the brain, occasionally with transient loss of consciousness |
| convulsion | any sudden or violent contraction of one or more voluntary muscles |
| dementia | broad term that refers to cognitive deficit, including memory impairment |
| dyslexia | inability to learn and process written language despite adequate intelligence |
| Guillian-Barre Syndrome | autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of peripheral nerves, which destroys myelin sheath on axons to be destroyed. Loss of reflex response, and sudden muscle weakness |
| herpes zoster | acute inflammatory eruption of painful vesicles on trunk or body (shingles) |
| Huntington chorea | inherited disease of CNS characterization by quick involuntary movements, speech disturbances and mental deterioration |
| hydrocephalus-(water/head/condition) | accumulation of fluid on the brain can be congenital (at birth) or acquire (after birth) as a result of injury or disease |
| lethargy | abnormal inactivity or lack of response to normal stimuli |
| anencephaly (without/loss/ brain) | congenital deformity in which some or all of the fetal brain is missing |
| spina bifida | congenital deformity of neural tube which fails to close during fetal development |
| meningocele | form of spina bifida where the spinal cord develops properly by the meninges protrude through. |
| myelomeningocele | most server form of spina bifida where both spinal cord and meninges protrude through. |
| occulta | form of spina bifida where one or more vertebrae are malformed and spinal cord is covered with a layer of skin |
| palsy | paralysis, usually partial and commonly characterized by weakness and shaking |
| Bell's palsy | facial paralysis caused by functional disorder for the seventh cranial nerve |
| cerebral-(pertaining to/cerebellum) | paralysis that effects movement and body position and sometimes speech and learning |
| paralysis | loss of voluntary motion in one or more muscle groups with or without loss of sensation |
| hemiplegia-(one half/paralysis) | paralysis of one side body typically as a result of a stroke |
| paraplegia-(near, beyond/paralysis) | paralysis of both lower limbs typically as a result of an accident or disease of lower spine |
| quadriplegia (four/paralysis) | paralysis of both arms and legs resulting in bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction |
| paresthesia | sensation of numbness prickling, tingling r heightened sensitivity |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord cause by virus (polio) resulting in spinal and muscle deformity or paralysis |
| Reye Syndrome | acute encephalopathy in fatty infiltration of the brain, liver and possibly pancreas, heart, kidney, spleen and lymph nodes |
| syncope | brief loss of consciousness due to temporary decrease of blood flow (fainting) |
| epilepsy | disorder characterized by seizures |
| microcephaly | abnormally small head |
| anorexia nervosa | abnormal desire to remain thin |
| bulimia nervosa | binging and purging |
| multiple sclerosis | disease of the myelin sheath |
| myelopathy | disease of the spinal cord |
| catatonic | inability to move or talk |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| psychosis | major emotional disorder |
| anxiety | psychological worry disorder |
| dystrophy | poor development |
| Alzheimer's Disease | progressive neurological disorder that causes memory loss and serious mental deterioration |
| Parkinson Disease | aka shaking palsy. Progressive neurological disorder that effects the area of the brain that controls movement |
| asphagia | inability to speak |
| tremor | involuntary tremble of shake |
| tic | involuntary spasmodic muscular contraction (usually with the face) |
| myelegia | pain in the spinal cord |
| aura | premonitory awareness of approaching physical or mental disorder (ie seizure) |
| idiopathic | illness or condition that occurs without a known cause |
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