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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ECOA | EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY ACT |
| FCRA | FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT |
| FN | FINAL NOTICE |
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| LOC | LEVE OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| PTSD | POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
| SAD | SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER |
| ADD | ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS |
| ADHD | ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| OCD | OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER |
| ICP | INTRACRINAL PRESSURE |
| AD | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| DURA MATER | THE THICK, TOUGH, OUTERMOST MEMBRANE OF THE MENINGES |
| MENINGES | ARE THE SYSTEM MEMBRANES THAT ENCLOSE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CEPHALAIGA | PAIN IN THE HEAD AS KNOWN AS A HEADACHE |
| HYDROCEPHALUS | CONDITION IN WHICH EXCESS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ACCUMULATE IN THE VENTICLES OF THE BRAIN |
| CRANIAL HEMATOMA | COLLECTION OF THE BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUE OF THE BRAIN |
| SYNCOPE | FAINTING IS THE BREIF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS BY THE DECREASED FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN |
| INTRACRANIAL | AMOUNT OF PRESSURE INSIDE THE SKULL |
| POLIOMYELITIS | HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE THAT ATTACKS THE SPINAL CORD AND BONE MARROW |
| POLYNEURITIS | INFLAMMATION AFFECTION MANY NERVES |
| RADICULOPATHY | NERVE ROOT DISEASE |
| SOMNAMBULISM | CONDITION OF WALKING WITHOUT AWAKENING SLEEPWALKING |
| NARCLEPSY | SLEEP DISORDER CONSISTING OF SUDDEN AND UNCONFORTABLE BRIEF EPISODES OF FALLING ASLEEP DURING THE DAY |
| MYELITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| MYELOGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| ECHOENCEPHALOPATHY | ULTRASOUND IMAGING TO DETECT A SHIFT IN THE MIDLINE STRUCTURE OF THE HEAD |
| KELPTOMANIA | DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY REPEATEDLY STEALING OBJECTS NEITHER FOR PERSONAL USE NOR FOR THEIR MONETARY VALUE |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR OF BEING IN NARROW OR ENCLOSED SPACES |
| NEURORRHAPHY | SURGICAL SUTURING TOGETHER THE ENDS OF SERVERED NERVE |
| ANESTHESIOLOGIST | SPECIALIZES IN ADMINISTRATING ANESTHEIC AGEENTS BEFORE AND DURING SURGERY |
| ANTIDEPRESSANT | ADMINISTRATION TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE DEPRESSION |