Unit 17
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambul/o | to walk |
| cephal/o | head |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| contus/o | bruise |
| ech/o | echo, repetition |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -esthesia | sensation |
| klept/o | steal |
| mening/o | membrane |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerve, nerve tissue |
| -phobia | fear |
| psych/o | pertaining to the mind |
| somn/o | sleep |
| acrophobia | a morbid fear of great heights |
| Alzheimer's disease | an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning |
| amnesia | partial or total loss of memory |
| amobarbital | a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
| analgesic | a medicine used to relieve pain |
| anesthesia | loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness |
| anesthesiologist | a specialist who administers an anesthetic to a patient before he is treated |
| anesthetic | a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations |
| anesthetist | A person trained to administer anesthetics |
| anxiety state | A feeling of appprenhension, tension, or uneasiness that stems from the anticipation of danger, the source of which is largely unknown or unrecognized. |
| aphasia | inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion |
| autistic | having a mental condition that makes people unable to communicate well |
| barbiturate | organic compound having powerful soporific effect |
| Bell's palsy | temporary paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve that causes drooping only on the affected side of the face |
| catatonic | a form of schizophrenia in which the patient has muscle immobility and does not move |
| cerebral | involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct |
| cerebral palsy | a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth |
| cerebrovascular accident | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
| claustrophobia | a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space |
| cognition | all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating |
| comatose | in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness |
| concussion | injury to the brain resulting from an impact with an object |
| contusion | an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration |
| cranial hematoma | a collection of blood trapped in the tissues of the brain |
| craniocele | protrusion of the brain through a defect in the skull |
| delirium | a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations |
| delirium tremens | an acute organic brain syndrome due to alcohol withdrawal that is characterized by sweating, tremor, restlessness, anxiety, mental confusion, and hallucinations |
| delusion | a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea |
| dementia | a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes |
| dyslexia | impaired ability to learn to read |
| echoencephalography | a noninvasive diagnostic procedure that uses ultrasound to study the anatomy of the brain |
| electroconvulsive therapy | a biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient |
| electroencephalography | the process of recording the electrical activity of the brain through the use of electrodes attached to the scalp |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus |
| encephalography | A radiographic study demonstrating the intracranial fluid containing spaces of the brain. |
| epidural anesthesia | regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord |
| grand mal epilepsy | epilepsy in which the attack involves loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking |
| Guillain-Barre syndrome | autoimmune condition that causes acute inflammation of peripheral nerves |
| hallucination | illusory perception |
| hemorrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth of blood |
| hydrocephalus | an abnormal condition in which cerebrospinal fluid collects in the ventricles of the brain |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensitivity to stimulation such as touch or pain |
| hypochondriasis | A somatoform disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with health concerns and incessant worry about developing physical illnesses. |
| kleptomania | an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive |
| malingering | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated |
| meningitis | inflammation of the meninges |
| meningocele | herniation of the brain covering |
| migraine headache | a headache characterized by throbbing pain on one side of the head |
| multiple sclerosis | a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers |
| Munchausen syndrome | syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found |
| myelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord |
| myelography | examination of the spinal cord after injection of dye |
| myelosis | a tumor of the spinal cord |
| narcissistic | characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance |
| narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep |
| neurologist | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it |
| paresthesia | abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage |
| Parkinson's disease | a progressive disease that destroys brain cells and is identified by muscular tremors, slowing of movement, and partial facial paralysis |
| peripheral neuropathy | a painful condition of the nerves of the hands and feet due to damage to the peripheral nerves; also known as peripheral neuritis |
| petit mal epilepsy | epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (a possible other abnormalities) |
| poliomyelitis | an acute viral disease marked by inflammation of nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord |
| posttraumatic stress disorder | an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images |
| psychiatrist | a physician who specializes in psychiatry |
| psychologist | a scientist trained in psychology |
| pyromania | an uncontrollable desire to set fire to things |
| schizophrenia | any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact |
| sciatica | pain that follows the pathway of the sciatic nerve caused by compression or trauma of the nerve or its roots |
| seizure | the taking possession of something by legal process |
| syncope | a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain |
| tetanus | a sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses |
| thalamotomy | a surgical incision into the thalamus |
| tic douloureux | intense paroxysmal neuralgia along the trigeminal nerve |
| transient ischemic attack | temporary interruption in the blood supply to the brain |
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