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Nervous System

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show fear of heights.  
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show sensory neurons.  
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show sense of pain.  
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show Amyotropic Lateral Scierosis  
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Anestetic   show
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Anesthetist   show
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Anxiety Disorders   show
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Astr/o   show
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Ataxia   show
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show developmental disorder appears by age 3 and is variable in expression. Recognized and diagnosed by impairment of the ability to for normal social relationships, by impairment of the ability to communicate with others, and by stereotyped behavior pattern  
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show a constant usually burning pain that results from injury to a peripheral nerve and is often considered a type of complex regional pain syndrome.  
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Cephal/o   show
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show headache  
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show abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces.  
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Cognition   show
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show a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison  
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Concussion   show
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show Cerebravascular Accident  
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Delirium   show
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Delusion   show
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show a usually progressive condition (as Alzheimer's disease) marked by the development of multiple cognitive deficits (as memory impairment, aphasia, and inability to plan and initiate complex behavior).  
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show the thin hard layer of bone that lines the socket of a tooth and that appears as a dense white line in radiology.  
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Dyslexia   show
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Echoencephalography   show
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show Electroencephalography  
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Efferent neurons   show
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show inflammation of the brain that is caused especially by infection with a virus( such as herpes simplex, varicella zoster, or West Nile virus) or less commonly by bacterial or fungal infection or autoimmune reaction.  
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show anesthesia produced by injection of a local anesthetic into the peridural space of the spinal cord beneath the ligamentum flavum.  
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show any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions.  
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Esthes/o   show
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Hallucination   show
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Hemorrhagic Stroke   show
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Hydrocephalus   show
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Hypochondriasis   show
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Ischemic Stroke   show
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Iaminectomy   show
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Lethargy   show
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Meninges   show
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Meninges   show
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Meningitis   show
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Meningocele   show
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Multiple Sclerosis   show
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Myel/o   show
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Myelitis   show
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Myelogram   show
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show radiographic visualization of the spinal cord after injection of a contrast medium in to the spinal subarachnoid space.  
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show a condition characterized by brief attacks of deep sleep often occurring with cataplexy and hypnagogic hallucinations.  
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Neuorrhaphy   show
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Neuralgia   show
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Neurectomy   show
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show Nerve tumor  
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Neuroplasty   show
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show a substance (as norepinephrine or acetylcholine) that transmits nerve impulses across a synapse.  
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders   show
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Panic Attack   show
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Paresis   show
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show sensation of pricking, tingling, or creeping on the skin having no objective cause and usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root.  
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show disease or degeneration state (as polyneuropathy) of the peripheral nerves in which motor, sensory, or vasomotor nerve fibers may be affected and which is marked by muscle weakness and atrophy, pain, and numbness.  
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show suffix for paralysis  
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Poli/o   show
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show an infectious disease especially of young children that is caused by the polio virus.  
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PTSD   show
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Schizophrenia   show
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Sciatica   show
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show physical manifestation (as convulsions, sensory disturbances, or loss of consciousness) resulting from abnormal electrical discharge in the brain (as in epilepsy).  
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Shaken Baby Syndrome   show
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show loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood flow to the brain.  
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show sheath  
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Trigeminal Neuralgia   show
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