Tricky Terms

Question 1

Achromatopsia

Answer 1

Deficiting in detecting/discriminating color

Question 2

Ageusia

Answer 2

Absence of taste sensation

Question 3

Agnosia

Answer 3

Inability to recognize things

Question 4

Agraphia

Answer 4

Loss of ability to write

Question 5

Alexia

Answer 5

Loss of ability to read

Question 6

Anisocoria

Answer 6

Pupils uneven in size

Question 7

Anomia

Answer 7

Cannot name objects

Question 8

Anopia/anopsia

Answer 8

Loss of vision

Question 9

Anosmia

Answer 9

Absence of smell sensation

Question 10

Anosodiaphoria

Answer 10

Inappropriate lack of concern for deficits caused by brain injury

Question 11

Anosognia

Answer 11

Unilateral unawareness or denial of deficits on one side of body

Question 12

Apraxia

Answer 12

Defect in ability to understand an action or to perform an action in response to verbal command or imitation that is not explained by weakness, primary sensory deficits, movement disorder, intellectual decline, or impaired language comprehension. In speech, errors in pronunciation (i.e. cannot translate conscious speech plans into motor plans).

Question 13

Astereognosia

Answer 13

Inability to identify object based on touch

Question 14

Ataxia

Answer 14

Lack of coordination of eye movements and during walking; delay to initiate movements

Question 15

Athetosis

Answer 15

Slow, writhing movements

Question 16

Bradykinesia

Answer 16

Slow initiation of voluntary movements

Question 17

Chorea

Answer 17

Brief, jerk-like movements

Question 18

Dysarthria

Answer 18

Difficulty pronouncing words

Question 19

Dysdiadochokinesia

Answer 19

Inability to sustain a regular rhythm or even amount of force

Question 20

Dysgeusia

Answer 20

Distortion of a taste sensation

Question 21

Dyskinesia

Answer 21

Diminished voluntary movements and presence of involuntary movements

Question 22

Dyslexia

Answer 22

Inability to process graphic symbols correctly

Question 23

Dysmetria

Answer 23

Errors in range of movement

Question 24

Dysosmia (cacosmia/parosmia)

Answer 24

Distortion of smell sensation (foul smell)

Question 25

Dysphagia

Answer 25

Difficulty swallowing

Question 26

Dysphonia

Answer 26

Hoarse or weak voice

Question 27

Dystonia

Answer 27

Fixed posture

Question 28

Gustatory agnosia

Answer 28

Inability to recognize a taste sensation

Question 29

Hyperosmia

Answer 29

Abnormally acute smell function

Question 30

Hypogeusia

Answer 30

Decreased sensation to tastants

Question 31

Hyposmia

Answer 31

Decreased smell sensation

Question 32

Neglect

Answer 32

A deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space

Question 33

Olfactory agnosia

Answer 33

Inability to recognize an odor sensation

Question 34

Paraphasia

Answer 34

Phonemic vs. semantic

Question 35

Paresis

Answer 35

Partial loss of movement or impaired movement

Question 36

Phantosmia

Answer 36

Dysosmia in the absence of appropriate stimulation (hallucination)

Question 37

Prosopagnosia

Answer 37

Can’t recognize faces

Question 38

Somatophrenia

Answer 38

Patient claims contralateral limbs don’t belong to him/her