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Week 5
Ch 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aphasia | Inability to speak |
| Ataxia | Lack of coordination |
| Catatonia | condition characterized by reduced muscle tone |
| Delirium | brief loss of mental function |
| Dementia | loss/decline in mental function |
| Dyskinesia | difficulty moving |
| Dyslexia | difficulty reading |
| Dysphasia | difficulty speaking |
| Dystonia | condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements |
| Insomnia | inability to sleep |
| myoclonus | muscle twitching |
| myospasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| neurasthenia | nerve weakness |
| somnambulism | sleepwalking |
| syncope | losing consciousness due to temporary loss of blood flow brain |
| Cephalgia | head pain |
| Cephalodynia | head pain |
| Encephalalgia | brain pain |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neurodynia | nerve pain |
| Hemiparesis | partial paralysis on half the body |
| hemiplegia | partial paralysis on half of the body |
| monopoiesis | partial paralysis of the limb |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one limb |
| paralysis | complete loss sensation and motor function |
| paresis | partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function |
| causalgia | painful sensation of burning |
| dysesthesia | bad feeling |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensation |
| cerebral thrombosis | the blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a foreign object such as a fat or bacteria |