Nervous System Medical Terminology

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  1. 6. Painful movement or involuntary, spasmodic movements
  2. 8. Inflammation of many nerves, can occur bilaterally
  3. 10. Absence of sensitivity to pain
  4. 13. Pins and needles feeling
  5. 14. A slow growing benign tumor
  6. 19. Paralysis on half of the body
  7. 20. When a patient is in control of the amount of analgesic medication administered
  8. 21. A headache
  9. 22. A sleep like state where the patient cannot be aroused
  10. 23. Abbreviation for Traumatic Brain Injury
  11. 24. Condition where a patient may have trouble finding words
  12. 26. Pertaining to the nerve that runs from the brain through the abdominal cavity
  13. 27. Abbreviation for disease where the person loses their short term memory and then their long term memory
  14. 28. Abbreviation for a stroke
  15. 29. Slow movement
  16. 30. Lacking coordination
  17. 32. Congenital abnormality where the brain does not develop
  18. 34. Paralysis in all four limbs
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  1. 1. Fainting
  2. 2. Weakness on half of the body
  3. 3. Lack of sensation
  4. 4. When there is a collection of blood between the dura mater and the brain
  5. 5. Abbreviation for weakness on half the body
  6. 7. Nervous exhaustion after a period of high stress
  7. 9. A malignant, fast growing brain tumor
  8. 11. Burning pain
  9. 12. Abbreviation for the disease/disorder where a patient loses the myelin sheath
  10. 15. Injection into the space beneath the meninges
  11. 16. A motor disorder where a patient may have trouble manipulating objects
  12. 17. A condition that can cause seizures
  13. 18. A mini stroke
  14. 25. Abbreviation for the disease terminal illness where patients lose the ability to walk
  15. 28. Abbreviation for the Central Nervous System
  16. 31. A disorder where patients may struggle to understand letters or read
  17. 33. Condition of excessive sensitivity