Everest 345 mod a wk 4
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| aphasia | loss of ability to speak
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| dysphasia | impairment of speech caused by a brain lesion
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| encephalogram | a graphic record of the electrical activity of the brain, EEG
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| encephalopathy | any degenerative disease of the brain
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| epidural | over or upon the dura mater
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| epilepsy | group of neurologic disorders characterized by recurrent seizures
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| hydrocephalus | abnormal increased amount of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain
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| macrocephaly | abnormally large head
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| meningitis | inflammation of the membrane around the brain and spinal cord
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| microcephaly | pertaining to an individual with a very small head
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| neurasthenia | nervous weakness, common after a depressed state
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| poliomyelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord due to infection of the gray matter
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| amnesia | a lack or loss of memory
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| autonomic | not subject to voluntary control
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| CNS | central nervous system
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| CVA | cerebral vascular accident, stroke
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| myelin sheath | insulation that wraps around nerve cells
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| peripheral | toward the outside
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| PNS | peripheral nervous system
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| spinabifida | congenital defect where spinal cord is outside the spinal canal
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| synapse | area between end of one neuron and beginning of another
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| TIA | transiant ischemic attack, temporary block of blood in the brain
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| autism | complex neurobiological disorder with varing degrees of inpairment in communication, social skills, and repetative behaviors
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| coma | unconscious state
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| palsy | loss of sensation
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| syncope | brief loss of consciousness
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| tactile | sense of touch
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| LP | lumbar puncture
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| neuron | functional cell of the nervous system
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| a | without
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -asthenia | weakness, lack of strength
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| cephal/o | head
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| dur/o | dura mater
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| dys | bad,difficult
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| encephal/o | brain
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| epi- | above, upon
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| fer/o | carry
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| gangli/o | ganglion
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| -gram | resulting record
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| hydro | relating to water
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| itis | inflammation
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| -lepsy | seizure
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| macro | large
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| mening/o | meninges, membrane
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| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow
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| neur/o | nerve
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| -pathy | disease
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| phas/o | speech
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| polio | gray matter
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| spin/o | spine
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| -us | thing, pertaining to
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| cerebr/o | brain
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| spin | spine
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| micro- | small
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