Term Section (Symptoms) Flashcards
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anesthetics
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Agents that reduce or eliminate sensation.
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analgesia
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Condition of no sensation of pain (usually accompanied be sedation without loss of consciousness).
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hypalgesia
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Diminished sensation to pain.
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neuralgia
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Nerve pain.
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cephalgia
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Headache (head pain).
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causalgia
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Burning sensation of pain (in the skin); usually following injury to sensory fibers of a peripheral nerve.
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comatose
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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).
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anesthesia
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Condition of no nervous sensation.
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hyperesthesia
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Excessive sensitivity to touch, pain, or other sensory stimuli.
