Medical Terminology: Nervous System (Conditions)
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Medical terms, conditions, & pathologies related to the Nervous System (from Chabner's The Language of Medicine Medical Terminology text)
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- Inflammation of the brain
- Collection of blood below the dura mater
- Disease of the brain
- Tumor of the 3-layered membrane surrounding the brain
- Disease of the spinal cord (or bone marrow)
- A congenital malformation in which there is an absence of a portion of the brain
- Collection of blood above the dura mater
- Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
- Disease of the nerves
- Inflammation of many nerves
- Disease of the nerve root
- Condition of no sensitivity to pain
- Nerve pain
- Condition of slow movement
- Intense burning pain resulting from injury to a sensory nerve
- Medical term for headache; head pain
- Lack or absence of sensation or feeling
- A highly malignant tumor originating from immature glial cells
- Tumor of the sheath or 3-layered membrane surrounding the brain
- Another name for a neural tube defect in which there is a hernia of the meninges & spinal cord
- Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord, leading to paralysis of muscles
- Inflammation of the nerve root
- Diminished or reduced sensitivity to pain
- The name for a state of unconciousness
- Increased sensitivity to touch; increased sensation
- Slow movement
- Abnormal movement; involuntary, spasmodic movement
- Pertaining to the absence of movement
- Chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures
- Condition characterized by a sudden uncontrolled compulsion to sleep
- Developmental disorder characterized by difficulty with reading & processing words, phrases, languagePar
- Inability to speak; absence of speech
- Paralysis of the right or left half of the body
- Paralysis of both legs and the lower part of the body
- Paralysis of all four extremeties
- Lack of coordination; Absence of coordinated action or behavior
- Medical term for a fainting episode; sudden, temporary loss of conciousness
- Lack of coordination of muscles; unsteadiness
- Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the brain
- Condition characterized by involuntary twitching motions & uncontrollable verbal outbursts
