kinn's Chapter 44
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| anomalies | Deformities or deviations from a normal condition, resulting from faulty development of a fetus.
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| ataxia | Failure or irregularity of muscle actions and coordination.
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| aura | A peculiar sensation that precedes the appearance of a more definite disturbance.
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| benign | Not cancerous and not recurring.
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| blood-brain barrier | An anatomic-physiologic structure made up of astrocyte glial cells that prevents or slows the transfer of chemicals into the neurons of the CNS.
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| coma | An unconscious state from which the patient cannot be aroused.
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| compression | The state of being pressed together.
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| contralateral | Pertaining to the opposite side of the body.
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| cryptogenic | Pertaining to a disease with an unknown cause.
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| embolus | A foreign material that blocks a blood vessel; frequently a blood clot that has traveled from some other part of the body.
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| ipsilateral | Pertaining to the same side of the body.
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| malignant | Cancerous.
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| myelin sheath | A segmented, fatty tissue that wraps around the axon of the nerve cell and acts as an electrical insulator to speed the conduction of nerve impulses.
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| occlusion | Complete obstruction of an opening.
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| papilledema | Swelling of the optic disc from increased intracranial pressure.
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| paresthesia | An abnormal sensation of burning, prickling, or stinging.
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| paroxysmal | Pertaining to a sudden, recurrent spasm of symptoms.
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| plaque | An abnormal accumulation of a fatty substance.
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| proprioception | The sensation of awareness of body movements and posture; nerve impulses that provide the central nervous system with information about the position of body parts.
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| radiopaque | A substance that can easily be visualized on an x-ray film.
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| thrombus | A blood clot.
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| transection | Cross-section; a division made by cutting across.
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| turbid | Refers to a cloudy solution.
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