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Brain

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Cerebro

Enchephalo

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Head

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Cephalo

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Meninges

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Meningo

Meningito

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Dura

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Duro

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Nerve bundle

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Ganglio

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Spinal cord, bone marrow

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Myelo

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Sleep

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Somno
Somni
Hypno

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Know

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Gnosio

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Excessive desire

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Mania

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Excessive fear or sensitivity

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Phobia

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Feeling, sensation

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Esthesi

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Speech

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Phaso

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Mind

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Phreno

Psycho

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Slight or partial paralysis

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Paresis

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Slight or partial paralysis

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Paresis

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Paralysis

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Plegia

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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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Reduced muscle tone condition

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Delirium

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Brief loss of mental function

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Dyslexia

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Difficulty reading

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Dementia

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Decline in mental. Function

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Dystonia

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Involuntary muscle movement condition

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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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Neurasthenia

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Nerve weakness

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Somnambulism

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Sleep walking

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Syncope

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Fainting

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Hemiparesis

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Partial paralysis on half the body

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis on half the body

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Monoparesis

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Partial paralysis in one limb

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Monoplegia

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Paralysis in one limb

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Anosmia

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Lack of sense of smell

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Causalgia

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Painful burning sensation

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Paresthesia

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Abnormal sensation

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Pseudesthesia

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False sensation

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Synesthesia

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Condition of one sensation 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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Excessive sensitivity to light

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Pyromania

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Desire to Set fire

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Cerebral angiography

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Procedure used to examine the brains blood vessels

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Echoenchephalography

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Examine the brain using sound waves

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EEG

Electroencephalography

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Examine electrical activity of brain

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Enchephalography

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Studying the brain

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LP

Lumbar puncture

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Spinal tap of the lumbar part of the spine

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MRA

Magnetic resonance angiography

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Uses to examine blood vessels

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Myelogram

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Image of spinal cord

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PET

Positron emission tomography

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Uses radiation to produce cross sections of the brain

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Transcranial Doppler sonography

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Produces an image of the brain using sound waves sent through the skull

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Cerebellitis

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Inflammation of the cerebellum

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54
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Cerebral atrophy

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Wasting away brain tissue

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Duritis

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Inflammation of the dura

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Enchephalocele

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Hernia of the brain

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Cranial hematoma

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Hematoma beneath the skull

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Epidural hematoma

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Hemoattoma on top of dura

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Macrocephaly

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Abnormally large head

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Microcephaly

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Abnormally small head

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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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Agnosia

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Inability to comprehend

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Apathy

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Lack of emotion

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Atopognosis

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Inability to locate sensation

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Hyperkinesia

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Increased in muscle activity

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Neuroglycopenia

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Deficiency of sugar that interferes with brain activity

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Nystagmus

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Involuntary eye movements

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Prosopagnosia

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Inability to recognise faces

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Afferent nerve

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Nerve carries impulse towards CNS

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Efferent nerve

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Carries impulse away from CNS

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Neurogenic

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Originating from and created by nerves

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Psychogenic

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Created by the mind

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Psychosomatic

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Relationship between body and mind

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Idiopathic

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No known cause

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Interictal

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Tike between seizures

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Postictal

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Time after a seizure

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Preictal

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Time before a seizure

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Tonic

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Pertaining to muscle tone

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Clonus

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Muscle spasm

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Tonic clonic seizure

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Seizure with tonic and clonic phase

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Tonic clonic seizure

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Seizure with tonic and clonic phase

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Hemorrhagic stroke

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Stroke with rupture of blood vessel

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Ischemic stroke

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Stroke with blood loss from blockage

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TIA

Transient ischemic attack

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Mini stroke thatngoes away in 24 hours

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Cerebrovascular disease

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Disease of blood vessels in the brain

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Cerebral aneurysm

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Abnormal dilation of the brains blood vessels

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Cerebral arteriosclerosis

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Hardening of brain arteries

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Cerebral atherosclerosis

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Hardening of brain artery from fatty tissue

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Cerebral embolism

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Blockage of blood vessel in brain by foreign object

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Cerebral thrombosis

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Blockage of blood vessel in the brain by blood clotting

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Hydrocephaly

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Accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain abnormally

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Cerebromeningitis

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Inflammation of brain and meninges

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Enchephalitis

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Inflammation of the brain

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Enchephalopyosis

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Pus filled abscess in the brain

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Intracerebral hemmorhage

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Excessive bleeding inside brain

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Myelodysplasia

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Defective formation of spinal cord

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Nauroarthropathy

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Disease of joint associated with nerves

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Poliomyelitis

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Inflammation of gray matter in spinal cord

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Polyneuropathy

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Disease affecting multiple nerves

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ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Degenerative disease of CNS causing muscle control loss

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Anorexia

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Disorder of refusing to eat

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Autism

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Disorder characterized by lack of communication with others

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Bulimia

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Disorder of overeating then forced vomiting

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Cerebral palsy

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Paralysis to movement portion of brain

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Dysphoria

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Negative emotional state

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Euphoria

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Positive emotional state

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Epilepsy

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Disease of seizures

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Hypomania

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Mental state just below mania

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Manic depression

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Bipolar

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Narcolepsy

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Disease of sudden uncontrolled sleeping

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Psychosis

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Mind condition

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Psychopathy

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Mental illness

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Schizophrenia

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Disordernof delusions and hallucinations of reality

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Regional anaesthetic

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Anaesthetic injected into nerve over particular area

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Topical anaesthetic

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Applies to the surface of area

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Anxiolytic

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Drug that lessens anxiety

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Hypnotic

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Drug that aids sleep

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Psychopharmacology

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Study of effect of drugs on the mind

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Psychotropic

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Drugs that turn. The mind

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Thrombolytic

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Drug that dissolves clots

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Endarterectomy

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Removal of insode lf artery

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Endovascular neurosurgery

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Surgery on nervous system by entering through blood vessels

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ADHD

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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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ALS

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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CNS

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Central nervous system

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CP

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Cerebral palsy

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CSF

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

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Cerebrovascular accident

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EEG

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Electroencephalogram

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HD

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Huntingtons disease

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ICP

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Intracranial pressure

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LP

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Lumbar puncture

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MRA

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Magnetic resonance angiography

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MS

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Multiple sclerosis

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OCD

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

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PET

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Positron emission tomography

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PNS

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Peripheral nervous system

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SRS

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Stereotactic radiosurgery

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TIA

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Transient ischemic attack

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