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(pathology) A lack of a physical distinction between normal and pathological tissue.
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A sudden onset illness of children causing loss of muscle tone and reflexes, weakness in arms and legs, which may lead to paralysis. The illness has an indeterminate cause and no known treatment.
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A form of complex regional pain syndrome without demonstrable nerve lesions.
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(pathology) muscle tremors; a difficulty in standing because of this condition
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(medicine) A neurogenetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, sleep disturbance, seizures, jerky movements (especially hand-flapping), and frequent laughter or smiling.
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(medicine, neurology) A rare neurological movement disorder, related to cystic lesions and swelling of the third ventricle in the brain, in which patients, usually children around age 3, begin to bob the head and shoulders involuntarily back and forth or from side to side.
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(medicine) A condition resulting from damage to the cauda equina, with symptoms including low back pain, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness around the anus, and loss of bowel or bladder control.
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(pathology) A form of cerebellar ataxia characterised by psychomotor retardation, hypotonia and cerebellar dysfunctions
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A neurological condition caused by damage or malfunction in the central nervous system, resulting in a sensitization of the pain system.
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(pathology) Synonym of coccydynia
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(biology, medicine) A chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, changes in the skin (e.g., erythema, edema), functional impairment, and sensory and vasomotor disturbance. Often it initially affects an arm or leg before spreading through the body; it is associated with dysregulation of the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.
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Initialism of cerebral palsy. [(neurology, pathology) A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination.]
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(pathology) cranial neuropathy
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(orthopedics) Initialism of complex regional pain syndrome. [(biology, medicine) A chronic systemic disease characterized by severe pain, swelling, changes in the skin (e.g., erythema, edema), functional impairment, and sensory and vasomotor disturbance. Often it initially affects an arm or leg before spreading through the body; it is associated with dysregulation of the central nervous system and autonomic nervous system.]
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(pathology) neuromuscular block
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(pathology) A neurological disease characterised by loss of muscle strength
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(pathology) Alternative form of fALS; Abbreviation of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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(dated) croup (viral infection manifested by spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane)
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(neurology, medicine) Initialism of Guillain-Barré syndrome. [(neurology, medicine) Rapid-onset muscle weakness, often severe and sometimes fatal, resulting from impaired peripheral nervous system function, associated with various viral and other infections.]
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(pathology) Initialism of general paresis of the insane. [(pathology) A neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis.]
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A chronic multisymptom disorder affecting veterans and civilians after the 1991 Gulf War, possibly related to chemical weapons.
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(dated) Angelman syndrome
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(pathology) An illness of disputed cause, producing symptoms of vertigo, nausea, ear-popping, headaches, and traumatic brain injury, experienced by US ambassadors and agents abroad.
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(medicine, neurology) A hereditary disorder of the basal ganglia that leads to progressive loss of motor coordination.
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(pathology) A congenital defect characterized by underdevelopment of parts or organs of the body
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A rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.
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A difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy, characterized by frequent seizures of different types and often accompanied by mental retardation and psychological and behavioural problems.
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A neurological disease with paralysis and dementia, associated with the US territory of Guam.
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progressive atrophy of the aged
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neuritis affecting a single nerve
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(medicine) Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.
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(medicine) Weakness and rapid fatigue of muscles under voluntary control.
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(medicine) Any of several diseases of muscle that are not caused by nerve disorders
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(pathology) traumatic injury to muscle
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A rare neuropathy found among the Navajo people, associated with the pollution from uranium mining.
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(pathology) functional paralysis of the kidney
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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) nerve pain; neuralgia
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Spontaneous muscular activity, usually as a result of a fault in the immune system
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(pathology) paralysis because of damage to a nerve
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(medicine, dated) A person with neuropathy, perhaps also including (in outdated nosology) a neurosis: someone who has, or is predisposed to, some disease of the nervous system.
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(medicine) Pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord.
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(medicine) Any disease of the peripheral nervous system; peripheral neuropathy.
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(medicine, neurology) Any peripheral neuropathy caused by changes restricted to the nodes of Ranvier and paranodal regions.
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(neurology, pathology) A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures.
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(pathology) subnormal mental development
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(pathology) atrophy of all parts of a structure or the body; general atrophy
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(pathology) Acronym of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections: a neuropsychiatric disorder occurring in children.
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(pathology) A form of myotonia that worsens with exercise
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A neuromuscular disorder that occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed or otherwise irritated by the piriformis muscle, causing pain or numbness in the buttocks and legs.
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(pathology) A disorder affecting a network of nerves in the brachial or lumbosacral plexus, resulting in pain and loss of motor control.
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(pathology) Any radiculoneuropathy that affects the brachial or lumbosacral plexus
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Dystrophy comprising multiple types (multiple dystrophies), as for example in pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy.
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(pathology) neuromyopathy at multiple sites, typically on both sides of the body
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(medicine) A condition in which polyneuropathy and polyradiculopathy occur together, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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A condition, involving fatigue and muscular pain and weakness, affecting some individuals who have previously contracted poliomyelitis.
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Alternative form of sarcopenia [(pathology) Gradual loss of skeletal muscle due to aging, immobility, illness, or combinations thereof.]
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(pathology) Initialism of spinal muscular atrophy. [A neuromuscular disorder that results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting.]
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A syndrome characterized by quadrupedal locomotion, primitive speech and severe learning disabilities.
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(pathology) Ellipsis of Worster-Drought syndrome. [(pathology) A form of congenital suprabulbar paresis associated with cerebral palsy.]
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