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| ageism | Process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because of their advantage age. |
| akinesia | Abnormal state of motor and psychic hypoactivity. |
| aphasia | Abnormal neurologic condition in which language function is detective or absent because of an injury to certain areas of the cerebral cortex. |
| ataxia | Abnormal condition characterized by impaired ability to coordinate movement. |
| chronologic age | Age of an individual expressed as time elapsed since birth. |
| claudication | Weakness of the legs accompanied by cramp-like pain in the calves caused by poor circulation of the blood to the leg muscles. |
| dementia | A slow, progressive, organic mental disorder characterized by chronic personality disintegration, deterioration of intellectual capacity and function, and memory loss that leads to confusion, disorientation, and stupor. |
| dysarthia | Difficult, poorly articulated speech resulting from interference in the control over the muscles of speech. |
| dysphagia | Difficulty swallowing. |
| hemiplegia | Paralysis of one side of the body. |
| kyphosis | An abnormal condition of the vertebral column; characterized by increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine. |
| nocturia | Excessive urination at night. |
| orthostatic hypotension | A drop of 25 mm Hg in systolic pressure and a drop of 10 mm Hg in diastolic pressure when moving from a lying to sitting position. |
| presbycusis | A normal loss of hearing acuity, speech intelligibility, auditory threshold, and pitch associated with aging. |
| presbyopia | Defect in vision in advancing age involving loss of accomodation or recession of near visio; due to loss of elasticity of crystalline lens. |
| pruritis | The symptoms of itching; an uncomfortable sensation leading to the urge to scratch; scratching often leads to secondary infection. Some causes of pruritis are allergy, infection, elevated serum urea, jaundice, and skin irritation. |
| senile | The state of physical and mental deterioration associated with aging. |
| shearing forces | Applied forces or pressure exerted against the surface and layers of the skin as tissue slides in opposite but parallel planes. |
