A | B |
DYSPHASIA | DIFFICULT SPEECH |
HEMIPARESIS | WEAKNESS OR SLIGHT PARALYSIS OF EITHER (R OR L SIDE) OF THE BODY |
CEPHALGIA, CEPHALALGIA | HEADACHE |
MENINGOMYELOCELE | HERNIA PROTRUSION OF THE MENINGES AND SPINAL CORD THROUGH A DEFECT IN THE SPINAL COLUMN |
TRANSIEC ISCHEMIC ATTACKS (TIA) | NEUROLOGIC DEFICIT CAUSED BY TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE WITH BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN |
GLI/O | GLIAL CELLS, GLUE, PARTS THAT SUPPORT AND CONNECT |
-ASTHENIA | WEAKNESS, LACK OF STRENGTH |
KINESI/O | MOVEMENT |
MENINGES | THE PROTECTIVE COVERINGS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
PALLIATIVE | RELIEVING SYMPTOMS BUT NOT CURING |
AURA | PECULIAR SENSATION APPEARING BEFORE MORE DEFINITE SYMPTOMS |
DEMENTIA | MENTAL DECLINE AND DETERIORATION |
TIA (MINI STROKE) | transient ischemic attack |
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) | ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE BRAIN (HYDROCEPHALUS) |
HYDROCEPHALUS, HYDROCEPHALY | ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF (CSF) FLUID IN THE BRAIN |
PARAPLEGIA | PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN (LOWER PART OF THE BODY AND BOTH LEGS) |
HEMIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF THE R OR L HALF OF THE BODY |
QUADRIPLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ALL FOUR LIMBS (ARMS AND LEGS) |
PARESTHESIA | ABNORMAL SENSATION OF TINGLING OR PRICKLING |
ATAXIA | NO COORDINATION |
GAIT | A MANNER OF WALKING |
SYNCOPAL | PERTAINIG TO FAINTING |
MENINGIOMA | BENIGN TUMOR OF THE MENINGES |
ANESTHESIA | LACK OF NERVOUS SENSATION |
NEURASTHENIA | LACK OF BODILY STRENGTH IN NERVES |
APHASIA | ABSENT OR IMPAIR ABILITY TO SPEAK |
POLYNEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF SEVERAL NERVES |
NEUROLOGIST | A PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN STUDY AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
NEUROMA | TUMOR MADE UP OF NERVE CELLS |
-LEPSY | SEIZURE |
KINESIOLOGY | SSTUDY OF MUSCULAR ACTIVITY AND THE MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY PARTS |
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY | RECORDS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN |
VAG/O | VAGUS NERVE |
MYELOGRAM | X-RAY FILM OF THE SPINAL CORD |