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| Alzheimer disease | disease characterized by early dementia, confusion, loss of recognition of persons or familiar surroundings and impaired memory |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | progressive muscle atrophy caused by degeneration and scarrng of neurons along the lateral columns of the spinal cord that control muscles; also called Lou Gehrig disease |
| anorexia nervosa | eating disorder characterized by a disturbed perception of body image resulting in failure to maintain body weight, |
| anxiety disorder | emotional disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness arising typically from the anticpation of unreal or imagined danger |
| ataxia | lack of muscle coordination |
| attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder | disorder of learning and behavioral problems characterized by marked inattention distractibility, impulsiveness, and hyperactivity |
| autism | spectrum of mental disorders, the features of which include onset during infancy or childhood, preoccupation with subjective mental activity, inability to interact socially and impaired communciation |
| Bell palsy | paralysis of muscles on one side of the face caused by inflammation of facial nerve |
| bipolar disorder | major psychological disorder typified by a disturbance in mood; disorder is manifested by manic and depressive episodes |
| bulimia nervosa | eating dosorder characterized by uncontrolled binge eating followed by purging |
| cerebral aneurysm | aneurysm in the thinking part of the brain |
| cerebral embolism | moving blood clot in the cerebrum |
| cerebral palsy | condition characterized by lack of muscle control and partial paralysis caused by a brain defect or lesion present at birth or shortly after |
| cerebrovascular accident | loss of blood to the brain caused by cerebral thrombus, embolism or hemorrhage |
| cognitive | pertaining to the mental processes of comprehension, judgement, memory and reason |
| coma | state of profound unconsciousness |
| computed tomography | radiation & use of computer to produce series of images of tissue of brain |
| concussion | violent jarring or shaking causing dysfunction of brain |
| conscious | awake, alert, aware of one's surrounding |
| convulsion | sudden, involuntary rapid contraction and relaxation of group of muscles |
| dementia | chronic state of confusion & disorientation |
| disorientation | a state of mental confusion as to time, place, or identity |
| dysarthria | inability to use speech that is distinct and connected because of loss of muscle control after damage to peripheral or CNS |
| efferent | away |
| epilepsy | disorder with main symptom is recurring seizures |
| evoked potential studies | group of diagnostic tests that measure change and responses in brain waves elicited by visual, auditory, or somatosensory stimuli |
| gait | a manner or style of walking |
| hydrocephalic | pertaining to increase amount of CSF in ventricles of the brain |
| hydrocephalus | increase amount of CSF in ventricles of brain cause enlargment of cranium |
| incoherent | unable to express one's thoughts or ideas in an orderly, intelligible manner |
| intracerebral hemorrhage | bleeding into the brain as a result of a ruptured blood vessel within the brain |
| lumbar puncture | insertion of needle into the subarchnoid space between L3-L4; spinal tap |
| magnetic resonance imaging | noninvasive technique for production cross-section and vertical images without radiation |
| major depression | mood disturbance characterized by feelings, of sadness, despair, discouragement, hopelessness, lack of joy altered sleep patterns, and difficulty with decision making and daily function |
| multiple sclerosis | chronic degenerative disease characterized by sclerotic patches along the brain and spinal cord |
| obsessive-compulsive disorder | disorder characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts that result in the tendency to perform repetitive acts or rituals |
| panic attack | episode of sudden onset of acute anxiety occurring unpredictable, with feelings of acute apprehension, dyspnea, dizziness, sweating and/ or chest pain |
| paraplegia | paralysis from the waist down |
| Parkinson disease | chronic degenerative disease of the CNS; resting tremors of hands and feet, shuffling gait , |
| phobia | marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable caused by the presence or anticipation of a specific situation or object |
| pica | compulsive eating of nonnutritive substances such as clay or ice |
| positron emission tomography | (PET scan) |
| posttraumatic stress disorder | disorder characterized by a chronic debilitating emotional response to a traumatic event perceived as life threatening of severe emotional stress |
| schizophrenia | any one of a large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality, disturbance of language and communication, withdrawal from social interaction and the disorganization and fragmenation of thought perception and emotional reaction |
| sciatica | inflammation of sciatic nerve |
| seizure | sudden, involuntary rapid contraction and relaxation of group of muscles |
| shingles | viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin that follow course of affected nerve |
| shunt | tube implanted in the body to redirect the flow of a fluid |
| somatoform disorders | disorders characterized by physical symptoms for which no known physical cause exists |
| stroke | occurs when there is an interruption of blood supply to a region of the brain |
| subarachnoid hemorrhage | bleeding caused by a ruptured blood vessel just outside the brain below the arachnoid |
| syncope | fainting |
| transient ischemic attack | sudden, short deficiency of blood to brain |
| unconsciousness | state of being unaware of surroundings. |
| anesthesia | loss of feeling or sensation |
| aphasia | condition of loss or impairment of the ability to speak |
| cephalalgia | pain in the head |
| cerebellitis | inflammation of the balance and coordination portion of the brain |
| cerebral | pertaining to the balance and coordination portion of the brain |
| cerebral angiography | process of x-ray filming of blood vessels in the brain |
| cerebral thrombosis | condition of a blood clot in the thinking portion of the brain |
| craniocerebral | pertaining to the cranium and thinking portion of the brain |
| CT myelography | process of recording the spinal cord with CT |
| duritis | inflammation of the dura mater |
| dysphasia | condition of dificulty in speaking |
| electroencephalogram | record of the electrical impulse of the brain |
| electroencephalograph | instrument used for recording electrical impulses of the brain |
| electroencephalography | process of recording the electrical impluses of the brain |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| encephalomalacia | softening of the brain |
| encephalomyeloradiculitis | inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots |
| encephalosclerosis | hardening of the brain |
| gangliitis | inflammation of a ganglion |
| ganglionectomy | excision of a ganglion |
| glioblastoma | tumor composed of developing glial tissue |
| gliocyte | glial cell |
| glioma | tumor composed of glial tissue |
| hemiparesis | slight paralysis of half of body |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of half of body |
| hemiplegic | pertaining to unilateral paralysis |
| hyperesthesia | condition of excessive sensitivity |
| interictal | occurring between seizures |
| intracerebral | pertaining to within the thinking portion of the brain |
| meningioma | tumor of the covereings of brain or spinal cord |
| meningitis | inflammation of the covereings of brain or spinal cord |
| meningocele | protrusion of the covereings of brain or spinal cord |
| meningomyelocele | protrusion of the covereings of brain or spinal cord and spinal cord itself |
| mental | pertaining to the mind |
| mononeuropathy | disease of one nerve |
| monoparesis | slight paralysis on one (limb) |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one (limb) |
| monoplegic | pertaining to monoplegia |
| myelography | process of filming of the spinal cord |
| myelomalacia | softening of the spinal cord |
| neuralgia | pain in a nerve |
| neurectomy | excision of a nerve |
| neuritis | inflammation of the nerve |
| neuroarthropathy | disease of nerves and joints |
| neuroid | resembling a nerve |
| neurologist | physician who specializes in neurology |
| neurology | branch of medi. dealing with nervous system's function and disorder |
| neurolysis | destruction of a nerve |
| neuroma | tumor made up of nerve cells |
| neuropathy | disease of the nerves |
| neuroplasty | surgical repair of a nerve |
| neurorrhaphy | suture of a nerve |
| neurotomy | incision into the nerves |
| panplegia | total paralysis |
| paresthesia | abnormal sensation |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord |
| polyneuritis | inflammation of many nerves |
| polyneuropathy | disease of many nerves |
| postictal | occurring after a seizure |
| preicital | occurring before a seizure |
| psychiatrist | a physician who treats and DX mental disorders |
| psychiatry | branch of medicine that studies of mental disorders |
| psychogenic | pertaining to originating within the mind |
| psychologist | specialist in the study of the mind |
| psychology | study of the mind |
| psychopathy | disease of the mind |
| psychosis | abnormal condition of the mind; major mental derangement |
| psychosomatic | pertaining to the interrelations of body and mind |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of four (limbs) |
| radicotomy | incision into a nerve root |
| radiculitis | inflammation of the spinal nerve roots |
| radiculopathy | disease of the nerve roots |
| rhizomeningomyelitis | inflammation of the nerve root, meninges, and spinal cord |
| rhizotomy | incision into a nerve root |
| subdural | pertaining to below the dura mater |
| subdural hematoma | collection of blood below the dura |
| meningeal | pertaining to the coverings of the brain and spinal cord |
| cerebellar | pertaining to the balance and coordination portion of the brain |
