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definition | term |
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degenerative brain disorder that causes a disabling dementia with an onset typically later in life and is characterized by b-amyloid plaques and neurofibriallary tangles in the brain | Alzheimer disease |
loss of memory | amnesia |
fatal degenerative disease of the motor neurons marked by muscle weakness and atrophy; also caled Lou Gehrig disease | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) |
Tumor derived from astrocytes | Astrocytoma |
paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face innervated by the facial nerve (CN V11) | Bell palsy |