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TERMINOLOGY

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THICK,TOUGH,OUTER MOST MEMBRANE OF THE MENINGES   DURA MATER  
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THE SYSTEM OF MEMBRANES THAT ENCLOSE THE BRAIN AND SPINALCORD OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM   MENINGES  
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(HEADACHE) PAIN IN THE HEAD   CEPHALAGIA  
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A CONDITION IN WHICH EXCESS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ACCUMULATES IN THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN   HYDROCEPHALUS  
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COLLECTION OF BLOOD TRAPPED IN THE TISSUES OF THE BRAIN   CRANIAL HEMATOMA  
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(FAINTING) BRIEF LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS CAUSED BY THE DECREASED FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN   SYNCOPE  
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AMOUNT OF PRESSURE INSIDE THE SKULL   INTRACRANIAL  
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(POLIO)HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE THAT ATTACKS THE SPINAL CORD AND BONE MARROW   POLIOMYELITIS  
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INFLAMMATION OF SEVERAL NERVES AT THE SAME TIME   POLYNEURITIS  
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(PINCHED NERVE)AN INFLAMMATION OF THE ROOT OF A SPINAL NERVE THAT CAUSES PAIN AND NUMBNESS RADIATING DOWN THE AFFECTED LIMB(NERVE ROOT DISEASE)   RADICULOPATHY  
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(SLEEPWALKING)THE CONDITION OF WALKING OR PERFORMING SOME OTHER ACTIVITY WITHOUT AWAKENING   SOMNAMBULISM  
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A SLEEP DISORDER CONSISTING OF SUDDEN AND UNCONTROLLABLE BREIF EPISODES OF FALLING ASLEEP`   NARCOLEPSY  
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INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD   MYELITIS  
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A RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE SPINAL CORD   MYELOGRAPHY  
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THE USE OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING TO DIAGNOSE A SHIFT IN THE MIDLINE STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN   ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY  
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A DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY REPEATEDLY STEALING OBJECTS NEITHER FOR PERSONAL USE NOR FOR THEIR MONETARY VALUE   KLEPTOMANIA  
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ABNORMAL FEAR OF BEING IN NARROW OR ENCLOSED SPACES   CLAUSTROPHOBIA  
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SURGICALLY SUTURING TOGETHER THE ENDS OF A SEVERED NERVE   NEURORRHAPHY  
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A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN ADMINISTERING ANESTHETIC AGENTS BEFORE AND DURING SURGERY   ANESTHESIOLOGIST  
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MEDICATION USED TO PREVENT OR RELEIVE DEPRESSION   ANTIDEPRESSANT  
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