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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aphasia | loss of ability to speak |
| dysphasia | impairment of speech caused by a brain lesion |
| encephalogram | a graphic record of the electrical activity of the brain, EEG |
| encephalopathy | any degenerative disease of the brain |
| epidural | over or upon the dura mater |
| epilepsy | group of neurologic disorders characterized by recurrent seizures |
| hydrocephalus | abnormal increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain |
| macrocephaly | abnormally large head |
| meningitis | inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord |
| microcephaly | pertaining to an individual with a very small head |
| neurasthenia | nervous weakness, common after a depressed state |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord due to infection of the gray matter |
| amnesia | a lack or loss of memory |
| autonomic | not subject to voluntary control |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CVA | cerebral vascular accident, stroke |
| myelin sheath | insulation that wraps around nerve cells |
| peripheral | toward the outside |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| spinabifida | congenital defect where spinal cord is outside the spinal canal |
| synapse | area between end of one neuron and beginning of another |
| TIA | transiant ischemic attack, temporary block of blood in the brain |
| autism | complex neurobiological disorder with varing degrees of inpairment in communication, social skills, and repetative behaviors |
| coma | unconscious state |
| palsy | loss of sensation |
| syncope | brief loss of consciousness |
| tactile | sense of touch |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| neuron | functional cell of the nervous system |
| a | without |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength |
| cephal/o | head |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| dys | bad,difficult |
| encephal/o | brain |
| epi- | above, upon |
| fer/o | carry |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| -gram | resulting record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hydro | relating to water |
| itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| macro | large |
| mening/o | meninges, membrane |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -pathy | disease |
| phas/o | speech |
| polio | gray matter |
| spin/o | spine |
| -us | thing, pertaining to |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| spin | spine |
| micro- | small |
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