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Ch 5 the Nervous System pt 1 Flashcards

1
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cerebr/o encephal/o

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brain

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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lob/o

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lobe

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cephal/o

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head

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crani/o

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head, skull

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mening/o meningi/o

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meninges (membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord)

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dur/o

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dura (tough outer membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord)

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neur/o

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nerve

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gangli/o

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nerve bundle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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esthesi/o

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feeling, sensation

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phas/o

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speech

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phren/o, psych/o

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mind

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somn/o somn/i, hypn/o

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sleep

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gnosi/o

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know

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-mania

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excessive desire

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-phobia

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excessive fear or sensativity

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-paresis

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slight or partial paralysis

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ton/o

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muscle tone, tension, pressure

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tax/o

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arrangement, order, coordination

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21
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-plegia

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paralysis

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-asthenia

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weakness

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aphasia

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inability to speak

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ataxia

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lack of coordination

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catatonia

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condition characterized by reduced muscle tone

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delirium

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brief loss of mental function

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dementia

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loss/decline of mental function

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dyskinesia

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difficulty moving

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dyslexia

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difficulty reading

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dysphasia

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difficulty speaking

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dystonia

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condition characterized by involuntary muscle movements

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insomnia

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inability to sleep

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myoclonus

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muscle twitching

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myospasm

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involuntary muscle contraction

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neurasthenia

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nerve weakness

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36
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somnambulism

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sleep walking

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syncope

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fainting; brain losing consciousness due to temporary loss of blood flow to brain

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cephalgia

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head pain

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39
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cephalodynia

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head pain

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encephalagia

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brain pain

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neuralgia

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nerve pain

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42
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neurodynia

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nerve pain

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43
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hemiparesis

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partial paralysis on half of the body

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hemiplegia

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paralysis on half of the body

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monoparesis

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partial paralysis of one limb

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monoplegia

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paralysis of one limb

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paralysis

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complete loss of sensation and motor function

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paresis

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partial paralysis characterized by varying degrees of sensation and motor function

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causalgia

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painful sensation of burning

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dysesthesia

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bad feeling

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hyperesthesia

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increased sensation

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paresthesia

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abnormal sensation (usually numbness or tingling in skin)

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pseudoesthesia

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false sensation

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synesthesia

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condition where one sensation is experienced as another

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acrophobia

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fear of heights

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agoraphobia

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fear of outdoor spaces

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hydrophobia

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fear of water

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kleptomania

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desire to steal

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photophobia

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extreme sensitivity to light

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pyromania

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desire to set fire

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echoencephalography

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procedure used to examine brain using sound waves

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electroencephalography

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EEG
procedure used to examine electrical activity of brain

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lumbar puncture

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LP
inserting needles into lumbar region of the spine in order to collect spinal fluid (spinal tap)

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cerebral angiography

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procedure used to examine blood vessels in brain

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magnetic resonance angiography

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procedure used to examine blood vessels

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myelogram

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image of spinal cord, usually done using x-ray

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positron emission tomography scan

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PET scan
imaging procedure that uses radiation to produce cross sections of brain

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transcranial Doppler sonography

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imaging technique that produces image of brain using sound waves sent through skull

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cerebellitis

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inflammation of cerebellum

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cerebral atrophy

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wasting away of brain tissue

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duritis

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inflammation of the dura

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encephalocele

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hernia of brain (normally through defect in skull)

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hematoma

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tumorlike mass made up of blood

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cranial hematoma

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hematoma beneath the skull

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epidural hematoma

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hematoma on top of the dura

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intracerebral hematoma

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hematoma inside the brain

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subdural hematoma

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hematoma beneath the dura

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macrocephally

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abnormally large head

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microcephally

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abnormally small head

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meningocele

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hernia of meninges

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myelomalacia

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abnormally softening of spinal cord

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myelomeningocele

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hernia of spinal cord and meninges

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neuritis

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nerve inflammation

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neuroma

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nerve tumor

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neurosclerosis

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hardening of nerves

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polyneuritis

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inflammation of multiple nerves

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agnosia

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inability to comprehend

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apathy

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lack of emotion

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hyperkinesia

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increase in muscle movement or activity

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neurasthenia

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nerve weakness

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neuroglycopenia

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deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain actility

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nystagmus

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involuntary back and forth eye movement

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prospagnosia

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inability to recognize faces

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anesthesiologist

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doctor who specialized in anesthesiology

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afferent nerve

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nerve that carries impulses TOWARD central nervous system

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efferent nerve

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nerve that carries impulses AWAY from central nervous system

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neurogenic

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originating from/created by nerves

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psychiatrist

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doctor who specialized in treatment of mind

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psychogenic

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originating in/created by mind

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psychology

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branch of medicine that focuses on study of mind

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psychologist

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doctor who specializes in study of mind

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psychosomatic

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pertaining to relationship between body and mind

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idiopathic

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having no known cause or orgin

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interical

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time between seizure

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postical

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time after seizure

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preictal

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time before seizure

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tonic

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pertaining to muscle tone (usually weak or unresponsive)

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clonus

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muscle spasms or twitching

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tonic-clonic seizure

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seizure characterized by tonic and clonic phase

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