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Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aphasia | a/phas/ia inability to speak |
| catatonia | cata/ton/ia condition characterized by reduced muscle tone |
| dellrium | brief loss of mental function |
| dementia | de/ment/ia loss/decline in mental function |
| cerebrovascular accident | cerebro/vascul/ar an accident involving the blood vessels of the brain |
| stroke | loss of brain function caused by interruption of blood/flow/supply to the brain |
| hemorrhagic stroke | hemo/rrhag/ic a stroke where the blood loss is caused by the rupture of a blood vessel |
| ischemic stroke | isch/em/ic a stroke where the blood loss is caused by a blockage |
| cerebral aneurysm | cerebr/al an/eury/sm |
| cerebral embolism | cerebr/al embol/ism the blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a foreign object such as fat or bacteria |
| craniomalacia | cranio/malacia abnormal softening of the skull |
| craniosclerosis | cranio/scler/osis abnormal hardening of the skull |
| craniostenosis | cranio/sten/osis abnormal narrowing of the skull |
| craniosynostosis | cranio/syn/ost/osis premature fusing of the skull bones |