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(pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs
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Synonym of Alzheimer's disease
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hypertonia of the entire autonomic nervous system
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Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital.
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(medicine) A neurasthenic reaction brought on by reading.
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Caused by prolonged exercise of a muscle.
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(pathology) Lack of neuromuscular reflexes. A symptom associated with many neurological disorders.
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(medicine) characterised by athetosis
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numbness or pain in the outer thigh not caused by injury to the thigh, but by injury to a nerve that extends from the thigh to the spinal column.
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Synonym of Braxton Hicks contraction
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(medicine) A disorder with intense burning pain, one of two types of complex regional pain syndrome.
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Alternative form of cheirospasm [(pathology) Any spasm of the muscles of the hand]
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(medicine) One of the signs of tetany seen in hypocalcemia. When the facial nerve is tapped at the angle of the jaw (i.e. masseter muscle), the facial muscles on the same side of the face contract momentarily.
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(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle; a deformity so caused.
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(pathology) Relating to dysbarism
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Of or relating to dysbulia
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(pathology) Any of various psychological disorders whose sufferers believe that their body is wrong or inadequate, such as anorexia, bulimia, and muscle dysmorphia ("bigorexia").
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Relating to, or exhibiting, dyspareunia.
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(pathology) difficulty in standing
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(pathology, rare) a milder or weaker form of ataxia
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Of, pertaining to or characterised by dystocia; having had a difficult birth.
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(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
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(pathology) A person who has dystonia.
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(medicine) Of, relating to, or characterised by dystocia.
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A disordered cough that is a key clinical feature of dysphagia
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(neurology, pathology) Disordered or garbled typing associated with medical events like a stroke.
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A type of hypertrophy where the walls and chamber of a hollow organ undergo growth in which the overall size and volume are increased.
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(pathology) A complication of pregnancy characterized by seizures and coma due to hypertension.
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(pathology) An illness purportedly caused by electromagnetic radiation from electrical and electronic devices, usually with symptoms of headaches, blurry vision and nausea.
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Alternative form of erythromelalgia [A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.]
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(pathology) A neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis.
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(pathology) A unilateral convulsion characteristic of some forms of epilepsy
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(pathology) relating to hemiparkinsonism
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(pathology) A congenital malformation less severe than teratism.
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Alternative form of hyppish [(dated) Affected with hypochondria; hypped; melancholy.]
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(informal) Ellipsis of Huntington's disease. [(medicine, neurology) A hereditary disorder of the basal ganglia that leads to progressive loss of motor coordination.]
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(dated) Synonym of Huntington's disease
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(medicine, neurology) Huntington's disease
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(medicine) hypochondriasis
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Of, or relating to hypochondria or a hypochondriac.
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(obsolete, medicine) Hypochondriac (related to or affected by hypochondria).
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(pathology) hypochondria
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(pathology) A diminution of a person's strength or power
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(pathology) Diminished power of movement; hypomotility
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(anatomy) Decreased ability to move a joint of the body.
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Alternative form of hypotenusal [Of or relating to the hypotenuse.]
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An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
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Alternative form of kinesialgia [Pain on muscular exertion; pain caused by muscular movement.]
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Tabes dorsalis, or the difficulties with muscular movement that are characteristic of it.
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(medicine) Synonym of metralgia
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(medicine) A disease that affects only one organ or function.
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(medicine) Any abnormality that concerns control of skeletal muscle, from involuntary twitching or lack of coordination to loss of function.
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An individual who has myasthenia.
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(pathology) Any general disorder of muscular tone
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A symptom of several muscular disorders characterized by the slow relaxation of the muscles after voluntary contraction or electrical stimulation.
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(medicine, rare) A nervous disorder, especially neurasthenia.
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Obsolete form of neuralgic. [(neurology, pathology) Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.]
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A person afflicted by neuralgia.
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(psychiatry) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.
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A neurological deficit (abnormally weak function of the nervous system)
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(pathology) Synonym of dystonia
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A life-threatening neurological disorder, exhibiting muscle rigidity, fever, delirium, etc., most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs.
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(medicine, pathology) Alternative form of neurapraxia. [The least severe form of nerve injury, in which the structure of the nerve remains intact, but there is an interruption in conduction of the impulse down the nerve fiber.]
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(pathology) neurological psychopathy
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(pathology) regression of neural function, typically in young children due to a vitamin deficiency
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One who is afflicted with neurosyphilis.
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Initialism of neuroleptic malignant syndrome. [A life-threatening neurological disorder, exhibiting muscle rigidity, fever, delirium, etc., most often caused by an adverse reaction to neuroleptic or antipsychotic drugs.]
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(pathology, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to otalgia.
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(psychology, neurology) A type of chronic pain experienced in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress.
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(informal, neurology, medicine) Ellipsis of Parkinson's disease. [(neurology, medicine) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.]
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(neurology, medicine) A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremor, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability.
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(neurology) parkinsonism
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(neurology, medicine) One who has Parkinson's syndrome.
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(neurology, medicine) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause.
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(medicine) Characteristic of Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism; parkinsonian.
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The theory that certain specialized parts of the brain are to be the first to be damaged in the case of disease, lack of oxygen, or malnutrition.
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(countable, informal) A person who has poliomyelitis.
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(medicine, pathology) The presence of rigidity in the muscles of an injured limb preceding the occurrence of gangrene.
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(medicine, neurology) The neurological disorder more commonly referred to as locked-in syndrome.
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(pathology) An abnormally slow contraction and relaxation of muscles in response to mechanical or electrical stimulation
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psychological pain, any non-physical pain
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(medicine) pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus
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(medicine) An inherited, neurological disease of (mostly female) children characterized by a small head and repetitive hand movements.
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A neurological disorder involving fatigue, drowsiness, and mood changes, attributed to prolonged periods of motion.
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(medicine, psychiatry, dated) A person who has tabes.
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(medicine, dated) A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.
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(medicine, archaic) causalgia
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(neurology) a neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical and vocal tics.
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Alternative form of Tourette syndrome [(neurology) a neurological disorder characterized by the presence of physical and vocal tics.]
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(medicine) The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.
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(dated) progressive muscular atrophy
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