| analgesia | Loss or reduction in the
ability to sense pain, but without loss of
consciousness.
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| analgesic | Pain-relieving drug.
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| anesthesia | Loss of feeling.
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| aphasia | Disturbance or loss in the
ability to use words or to understand them, usually
due to damage to cerebral association areas.
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| apraxia | Impairment in a person’s
ability to make correct use of objects.
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| ataxia | Partial or complete inability to
coordinate voluntary movements.
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| cordotomy | Surgical procedure
severing a nerve tract within the spinal cord,
usually to relieve intractable pain.
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| craniotomy | Surgical procedure
opening a part of the skull.
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| encephalitis | Inflammation of the
brain and meninges characterized by drowsiness
and apathy.
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| epilepsy | Temporary disturbances in
normal brain impulses that may be accompanied by
convulsive seizures and loss of consciousness.
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| Huntington disease | Hereditary disorder of the brain producing
progressively worsening, uncontrollable dancelike
movements and personality changes.
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| laminectomy | Surgical removal of
the posterior arch of a vertebra, usually to relieve
symptoms of a ruptured intervertebral disc that is
pressing on a spinal nerve.
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| neuralgia | Sharp, recurring pain
associated with a nerve, usually caused by
inflammation or injury
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| neuritis | Inflammation of a nerve.
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| vagotomy | Surgical severing of a vagus
nerve.
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