Medical Terminology Ch13

THE INABILITY TO INTERPRET SENSORY INFORMATION

A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY GRADUAL DETERIORATION IN BRAIN

A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVE ATROPHY OF MUSCLE

A COMMON FORM OF PAIN MANAGMENT THAT IS USED DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES

THE PRIMARY TYPE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT USED DURING PAIN MANAGEMENT

A MENTAL DISORDER IN WHICH ANXIETY DOMINATES A PERSONS BEHAVIOR

THE INABILITY TO SPEAK

A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER CHARCTERIZED BY SHORT ATTENTION SPAN AND POOR CONCENTRATION

CONGENITAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER THAT VARIES IN SEVERITY

CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY PARALYSIS OF THE FACE MUSCLES ON ONE SIDE

A MENTAL DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERNATING PERIODS OF HIGH ENERGY AND MENTAL CONFUSIION WITH LOW ENERGY AND MENTAL DEPRESSION

INFLAMMATION OF THE EYELID

A DROOPING EYELID

A CONDITION IN WHICH THE EYE LENS TRANSPARENCY IS REDUCED

THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A CATARACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH A DONOR LENS

THE CLINICAL TERM FOR A HEADACHE OR A GENERALIZED PAIN IN THE REGION OF THE HEAD

WALL OF THE CEREBELLUM

A PROTRUSION THROUGH THE BRAIN OF A BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BRAIN

A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE THAT REVEALS BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN BY X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY

ACCUMULATION OF FATTY PLAQUES THAT CAUSE ARTERIES THAT SUPPLY THE BRAIN TO GRADUALLY CLOSE

BLEEEDING FROM CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSELS

A CONDITION THAT APPEARS AT BIRTH OR SHORTLY AFTERWARD AS A PARTIAL MUSCLE PARALYSIS

IRREVERSIBLE DEATH OF BRAIN CELLS CAUSED BY INADEQUATE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN

ABNORMALLY DECREASED CONSCIOUSNESS

A PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF A COMPUTER TO INTERPRET A SERIES OF IMAGES AND CONSTRUCT FROM THEM A THREE-DEMENSIONAL VIEW OF THE BRAIN

AN INJURY TO SOFT TISSUE THAT RESULTS FROM A BLOW OR VIOLENT SHAKING

INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA

A SERIES OF INVOLUNTARY MUSCULAR SPASMS

THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN INJURED CORNEA AND REPLACMENT WITH A DONOR CORNEA

A SURGICAL INCISION THROUGH THE CRANIUM TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE BRAIN

THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF THE CRANIUM

INFLAMMATION OF THE LACRIMAL APPARATUS

A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A CHANNEL IS SURGICLLY CREATED BETWEEN THE NASAL CAVITY AND LACRIMAL SAC TO PROMOTE DRAINAGE

THE PRESENCE OF ROCKY PARTICLES IN THE LACTRIMAL APPARATUS

AN IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL FUNCTION CHARACTERIZED BY MEMORY LOSS DISORIENTATION AND CONFUSION

OCCURS WHEN THE RETINA TEARS AWAY FROM THE CHOROID LAYER OF THE EYE

DOUBLE VISION

A READING HANDICAP IN WHICH THE BRAIN REVERSE THE ORDER OF SOME LETTERS AND NUMBERS

A PROCEDURE THAT USES ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY TO RECORD BRAIN STRUCTURES

A GENERAL TYPE OF TREATMENT TO MANAGE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE THAT RECORDS ELECTRICAL IMPULSES OF THE BRAIN TO MEASURE BRAIN ACTIVITY

INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN

SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN TISSUE

THE INJECTION OF A SPINAL BLOCK ANESTHETIAC INTO THE EPIDURAL SPACE

A BRAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT SEIZURES

A GROUP OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT MEASURE CHANGES IN BRAIN WAVES DURING PARTICULAR STIMULI

THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A GANGLION

A LOSS OF VISION CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN THE FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF THE EYEBALL

A TUMOR OF NEUROGLIAL CELLS

AN INFECTION OF THE MEIBOMIAN GLAND THAT PRODUCES A LOCAL SWELLING OF THE EYELID STY EYE

A CONGENITAL DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY AN ABNORMALLY INCREASED VOLUME OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IN THE BRAIN

AN EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO PAINFUL STIMULUS

AN EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO A STIMULUS

INFLAMMATION OF THE IRIS

INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEUM

THE WITHDRAWL OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM THE SPINAL CORD

PROGRESSIVE DETERIATION OF THE MACULA LUTEA THAT LEADS TO A LOSS OF VISUAL FOCUS`

AN EMOTIONAL DISORDER OF ABNORMALLY HIGH PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY

INFLAMMATION OF THE MASTOID

A CHRONIC DISEASE OF THE INNER EAR THAT CAUSES DIZZINESS AND RINGING IN THE EARS

A BENIGN TUMOR OF THE MENINGES

INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES

PROTRUSION OF THE MENINGES

PROTRUSION OF THE MENINGES AND SPINAL CORD

A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE DETERIORATION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH COVERING AXONS WITHIN THE BRAIN

INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD

AN X-RAY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SPINAL CORD FOLLOWING INJECTION OF A CONTRAST DYE

THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE IN WHICH CONTRAST DYE IS INJECTED INTO THE SPINAL CORD

A SLEEP DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY SUDDEN UNCONTROLLABLE EPISODES OF SLEEP ATTACKS OF PARALYSIS AND HALLUCINATIONS

PAIN IN A NERVE

GENERALIZED BODY FATIGUE

SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A NERVE

INFLAMMATION OF A NERVE

THE STUDY AND MEDICAL PRACTICE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE PROCEDURE OF SEPARATING A NERVE BY REMOVING UNWANTED ADHESIONS

A TUMOR ORIGINATING FROM NERVE CELLS

A DISEASE AFFECTING ANY PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF A NERVE

THE SUTURE OF A NERVE

AN EMOTIONAL DISORDER THAT INVOLVES A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WAY OF DEALING WITH MENTAL STRESS

INCISION INTO A NERVE

SOFTENING OF THE EYE

PARALYSIS OF THE EYE

HEMORRHAGE OF THE EYE

PAIN IN THE EAR

INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR

DISEASE OF THE EAR

DISCHARGE OF PUS INTO THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL

AN ABNORMAL FORMATION OF BONE WITHIN THE EAR

PERSISTANT DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION THAT RESULTS IN MISTRUST AND COMBATIVENESS

ABNORMAL SENSATION OF NUMBNESS AND TINGLING

A CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE BRAIN CHARACTERIZED BY TREMORS RIGIDITY AND SHUFFLING GAIT

A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY INFLAMMATION OF THE GRAY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD

PAIN IN MANY NERVES

INFLAMMATION OF MANY NERVES AT ONCE

A DISEASE AFFECTING MANY PARTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

A COMPUTERIZED PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES A SCAN USING AN INJECTED RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL TO PROVIDE A MAP OF BLOOD FLOW WITHIN THE BODY

A GENERAL TERM FOR A MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL DISORDER

A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY A GROSS DISTORTION OR DISORGANIZATION OF MENTAL CAPACITY

THE INFLUENCE OF THE MIND OVER BODILY FUNCTIONS ESPECIALLY DISEASE

AN ACUTEOFTEN FATAL INFECTION OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

A PROCEDURE IN WHICH INCISIONS ARE MADE INTO THE CORNEA TO FLATTEN IT TO CORRECT MYOPIA

A SURGICAL INCISION INTO A NERVE ROOT

A MENTAL CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY DELUSIONS HALLUCINATIONS AND EXTENSIVE WITHDRAWL

TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

A PROCEDURE IN WHICH SEVERAL BRANCHES OF THE VAGUS NERVE ARE SEVERED TO REDUCE ACID SECRETION IN THE STOMACH

INFLAMMATION OF THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN

A SENSATION OF WHIRLING MOTION

CONDITION OF THE EYE THAT RESULTS IN A REDUCTION OF VISION