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What is an inability to recognize objects or have knowledge of objects through the senses?   agnosia  
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What is partial or complete lack of sensation or feeling?   anesthesia  
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What is the inabilty to perform purposeful actions or functions such as walking, speaking, or manipulating objects?   apraxia  
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What is the condition in which the hands or other parts of the body do not remain in a fixed position?   athetosis  
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What is the grinding of teeth, especially during sleep?   bruxism  
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What is a ceaseless, quick, jerky movement that may appear to be well coordinated like dancing?   chorea  
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What is the state of unconsciousness from which a person cannot be aroused?   coma  
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what is a violent shaking of the brain?   concussion  
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What is not being oriented to time, place, or self?   confusion  
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What is the difficulty in performing voluntary muscular movements?   dyskinesia  
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what is a manner of walking?   gait  
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What is pain along the course of a nerve?   neuralgia  
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What is the inflammation of a nerve?   neuritis  
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What is the loss of muscular function caused by injuries or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord?   paralysis  
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What is slight or incomplete paralysis; muscle weakness?   paresis  
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What is an abnormal sensation, such as numbness or tingling around a part of the body?   paresthesia  
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what is the med term for hiccup?   singultus  
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What is the ability to have knowledge of the solidness of an object; the ability to tell the different thickness of objects?   stereognosis  
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What is partial or nearly complete state of unconsciousness?   stupor  
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What is fainting, sometimes caused by the cutting off of the blood supply to the brain?   syncope  
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what is an involuntary shaking?   tremor  
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What is shaking that occurs when a person is resting?   resting tremor  
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What is shaking that occurs when a person attempts to do something?   intention tremor  
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