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Chapter 10
Chapter Ten
Symptoms
analgesia anesthetics hypalgesia neuralgia cephalgia causalgia comatose anesthesia hyperesthesia Condition of no sensation of pain (usually accompanied by sedation without loss of consciousness). Agents that reduce or eliminate sensation. Diminished sensation to pain. Nerve pain. Headache (head pain). Burning sensation of pain (in the skin); usually following injury to sensory fibers of a peripheral nerve. In a state of coma (profound unconsciousness from which one cannot be roused; may be due to trauma, disease, or action of ingested toxic substance). Condition of no nervous sensation. Excessive sensitivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli.
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Chapter 10
paresthesia bradykinesia hyperkinesis dyskinesia akinetic epilepsy narcolepsy dyslexia hemiparesis aphasia hemiplegia paraplegia quadriplegia apraxia neurasthenia syncopal ataxia
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An abnormal sensation such as numbness, tingling, or pricking. Slowness of movement. Condition of excessive movement (muscular activity). Involuntary, spasmodic movements. Pertaining to without movement. Chronic disorder marked by attacks of brain dysfunction due to excessive firing of nervous impulses. Sudden, uncontrollable episodes of sleep (seizures of sleep). Disorder of reading, writing, or learning (despite the ability to see and recognize letters). Slight paralysis in either the right or left half of the body. Condition of inability to speak. Paralysis in half of the body. Paralysis in the lower portion of the body. Paralysis of all four limbs of the body. Inability to carry out familiar purposeful movements (in the absence of paralysis or sensory or motor impairment). Condition of lack of nerve strength; nervous exhaustion and weakness. Pertaining to syncope (fainting). No muscular coordination (often caused by cerebellar dysfunction).
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