Flashcards: Abeka Biology-GLC ch. 8.4 general vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sencorineural deafness | - a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve |
| decibels | - a logarithmic unit that indicates the ratio of a physical quantity |
| REM sleep | - a normal stage of sleep characterized by the random movement of the eyes |
| Neuritis | - the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system |
| Sciatica | - a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression |
| Stroke | - the rapidly developing loss of brain function(s) |
| amnesia | - a condition in which memory is disturbed or lost |
| coma | - a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours[1] in which a person cannot be awakened |
| tetanus | - a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers |
| acute confusion | a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of acute onset and fluctuating course |
| senile dementia | - a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person |
| disease - epilepsy | - an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism |
| concussion | injury to the brain caused by a blow |
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