NEUROLOGY
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| KETONURIA | KETON/O - KETONS, UR/O-UNINARY SYSTEM OR URINE, -IA - CONDITION, STATE OR THING (KETONE BODIES IN THE URINE) KETONS ARE WASTE PRODUCTS WHEN FAT METABOLIZES. (PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS METABOLIZE FAT FOR ENERGY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT METABOLIZE GLUCOSE
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| PARAESTHESIA | PARA - ABNORMAL, ESTH/O- FEELING OR SENSATION, -IA - CONDITION STATE OR THING ("PINS AND NEEDLES" - A SPONTANEOUS ABNORMAL NONPAINFUL SENSATION OFTEN A RESULT OF NERVE DAMAGE OR PINCHED NERVE.
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| NEUROLOGY | NEUR/O - NERVE, -LOGY - STUDY OF (MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT STUDUES THE A&P OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM)
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| DIAPHORESIS | DIAPHOR/O - SWEATING , -ESIS = CONDITION OR PROCESS (PROFUSE SWEATING CAUSED BY AN UNDERLYING CONDITION SUCH AS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, NARCOTIC WITHDRAWL ETC)
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| NEUROPATHY | NEUR/O - NERVE; -PATHY - DISEASE (ANY OF NUMEROUS FUNCTIONAL DISTIBURANCES IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PNS)
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| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - contains cranial nerves and spinal nerves; A SET OR SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT PARTS THAT ACT TOGETHER IN A COMMON PURPOSE TO PRODUCE RESULTS IMPOSSIBLE BY ACTION OF ONE ALONE
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| PARKINSONS DISEASE | CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE CAUSED BY AN IMBALANCE IN NEUROTRANSMITTERS DOPAMINE AND ACETYLCHOLINE IN THE BRAIN. MUSCLE RIGIDITY, TREMORS. MASK LIKE FACIAL EXPRESSION. SHUFFLING GAIT. INABILITY TO AMBULATE.
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| PROPRIOCEPTION | A SENSE OR PERCEPTION, USUALLY AT THE SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL OF THE MOVEMENTS AND POSITION OF THE BODY INDEPENDENT OF VISION. (CONNECTED WITH INNER EAR STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH BALANCE AND POSITION
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| ATAXIA | A-WITHOUT OR AWAY FROM, TAX/O - COORDINATION; IA - CONDITION STATE OR THING (INCOORDINATION OF THE MUSCLES DURING MOVEMENT PARTICULARLY INCOORDINATION OF THE GAIT. PATIENTS CONSIDERED ATAXIC
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| CONCUSSION | CONCUSS/O - VIOLENT IMPACT, -ION- ACTION OR CONDITION. (TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE BRAIN RESULTING IN AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS - LOC.
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| CONTUSION | CONTUS/O - BRUISING; -ION - ACTION OR CONDITION (TRAUMATIC INJURY TO THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD. NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS BUT THERE IS BRUISING WITH SOME BLEEDING IN THE TISSUES.
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| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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| CSF | CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID
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