Ch 5 - Session 6 Neuro & Psych Terms/Definitions
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| SYNESTHESIA (Sin-es-THEE-zhah) | syn (together) / esthesia (sensation) -
Condition where one sensation is experienced as another
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| PARESIS (puh-REE-sis) | "To let go" -
Partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function
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| ATOPOGNOSIS (AY-top-aw-GNOH-sis) | a (no) / topo (place) / gnosis (knowledge) -
Inability to locate a sensation
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| AFFERENT NERVE (A-fir-ent nirv) | af (toward) / ferent nerve (carry) -
A nerve that carries impulses toward the CNS
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| EFFERENT NERVE (EH-fir-ent nirv) | ef (away) / ferent nerve (carry) -
A Nerve that carries impulses away from the CNS
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| NEUROGLYCOPENIA (NIR-oh-GLAI-koh-PEE-nee-ah) | neuro (nerve) / glyco (sugar) / penia (deficiency) -
Deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity
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| NYSTAGMUS (nih-STAG-mus) | "To nod" -
Involuntary back and forth eye movements
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| ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (in-SEF-ah-loh-MAI-eh-LAI-tis) | encephalo (brain) / myel (spinal cord) / itis (inflammation) -
Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
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| NEUROENCEPHALOMYELOPATHY (NIR-oh-in-SEF-ah-loh-MAI-el-AW-pah-thee) | neuro (nerve ) / encephalo (brain) / myelo (spinal cord) / pathy (disease) -
Disease of the nerves, brain and spinal cord
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| NEURORRHAPHY (nir-OR-ah-fee) | neuro (nerve) / rrhaphy (suture) -
Suturing of a nerve (often the severed ends of a nerve)
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| ENDARTERECTOMY (EN-dar-tir-EK-toh-mee) | end (inside) / arter (artery) / ectomy (removal of) -
Removal of the inside of an artery
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| HD | Huntington's Disease -
An inherited disorder resulting in the death of brain cells
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| SRS | Stereotactic Radiosurgery -
A non-surgical radiation therapy used to treat functional abnormalities and small tumors of the brain
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| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - "Lou Gehrig's Disease" -
A progressive, neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord via death of neurons
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