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Chapter5 Flash Cards
-plegia | paralysis |
tonic-clonic seizure | a seizure characterized by both a tonic and a clonic phase ton / ic clon / ic muscle/ pertaining to spasm / pertaining to |
esthes/o | feeling sensation |
cerebral arteriosclerosis | the hardening of an artery in the brain caused by the buildup of fatty plaque |
tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | a degenerative disease of the central nervous system causing loss of muscle control |
ton/o | muscle tone/tension, pressure |
cephalagia | head pain cephal / agia head / pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
hemiparesis | partial paralysis on half the body hemi / paresis half / partial paralysis |