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| A MALIGMENT TUMOR MADE UP OF UNDIFFERENTIATED NERVE CELLS |
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| A MEDICAL SPECIALIST WHO STUDIES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ITS FUNCTIONS AND ITS DISORDERS |
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| ANY DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS TISSUE |
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| SCIENTICFIC STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
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| A SUBSTANCE THAT IS POISONOUS OR DESTRUCTIVE TO NERVOUS TISSUE, E.G. BOTULISM TOXIN, LEAD. |
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| A VIRAL INFECTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, TRANSFERRED TO HUMANS BY THE BITES OF INFECTED ANIMALS, WHICH CAUSES BRAIN INFLAMMATION, DELIRIUM, AND DEATH |
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| A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A NERVE TRACT IN THE SPINAL CORD IS SERVERED SURGICALLY, USUALLY,IN ORDER TO RELIEVE UNREMITTING PAIN |
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| ANY DISEASE OR DISORDER OF THE BRAIN |
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| FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DISORDERS |
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| PSYCHOLOGICAL DISODRERS FOR WHICH NO STRUCTURAL CAUSE CAN BE FOUND AND INCLUDES NEUROSES AND PSYCHOSES |
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| CONGENITAL CONDITION INVOLVING THE FORMATION OF A SMALL BRAIN. MOST CHILDREN WITH THIS CONDITION ARE RETARDED |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE SPINAL CORD |
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| X-RAY OF THE SPINAL CORD AFTER THE INJECTION OF A CONTRASTING MEDIUM |
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| FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DISORDERS WHERE THE AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL RETAINS CONTACT WITH REALITY. THIS INCLUDES PANIC ATTACKS, IRRATIONAL FEARS(PHOBIAS) AND COMPULSIVE-OBSESSIVE BEHAVIORS |
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| FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DISORDERS WHERE THE AFFECTED INDIVIDUAL DETACH THEMSELVES FROM REALITY AND EXHIBIT BIZARRE BEHAVIORS. LEGALLY THIS IS TERMED INSANITY AND INCLUDES SCHIZOPHRENIA, DEPRESSION AND MANIC-DEPRESSION |
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| SHARP SPASMLIKE PAIN ALONG THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE NERVES, USUALLY CAUSED BY INFLAMMATION OR INJURY OF THE NERVE(S) |
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| AN ABNORMAL BURNING OR TINGLING SENSATION DUE TO THE DISORDER OF A SENSORY NERVE |
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| A VIRAL INFLAMMATION, CAUSED BY THE CHICKEN POX VIRUS, WHICH AFFECTS THE DORSAL ROOTS OF THE SPINAL NERVES, CAUSING PAIN AND A CHARACTERISTIC RASH |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH THE ESOPHAGUS AND THE SPHINCTER AT ESOPHAGUS-STOMACH JUNCTION DO NOT RELAX WITH SWALLOWING. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR FOOD TO ENTER THE STOMACH AND LEADS TO VOMITTING |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH THE URINARY BLADDER BECOMES FLACCID AND OVERFILLS. ALLOWING URINE TO DRIBBLE THROUGH THE SPHINCTERS |
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| CUTTING OR SERVERING OF THE VAGUS NERVE. THIS IS OFTEN DONE TO REDUCE THE SECRETION OF STOMACH ACID FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT SUFFER FROM GASTROINTESTINAL ULCERS |
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| REDUCED ABILITY TO FELL PAIN WITHOUT A LOSS OF CONSCIENCENESS |
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| LOSS OF THE VOLUNTARY ABILITY TO PREFORM SKILLED MOTOR ACTIVITIES |
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| DISORDERS IN THE MOTOR PATHWAYS RESULTING IN WEAKNESS, UNCOORDINATED MOTION AND CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH DISTURBANCES |
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| A CONDITION IN WHICH AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS SLEEP AS MUCH AS 15 HOURS DAILY |
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| SUDDEN CONTRACTIOIN OF A MUSCLE OR MUSCLE PART, USUALLY INVOLVING THE MUSCLES OF THE LIMBS. THIS CAN OCCUR NORMALLY IN PEOPLE AS THEY FALL ASLEEP, OR CAN BE DUE TO DIEASES OF THE RETICULAT FORMATION AND/OR CEREBELLUM |
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| A PHENOMENON IN WHICH AMPUTEES HAVE CHRONIC PAIN IN THEIR NONEXISTANT(AMPUTAED) LIMB |
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| INFLAMMATION OF THE MARGINS OF THE EYELIDS |
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| SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN EYEBALL |
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| ANTERIORLY BULGING EYEBALLS, COMMON IN CASES OF HYPERTHYROIDISM |
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| THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE EYE AND EYE DIEASES |
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| A LICENSED NONPHYSCIAN WHO MEASURES VISION AND PRESCRIBES CORRECTIVE LENSES |
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| INFLAMMATION AND INFECTON OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL, CAUSED BY BACTERIA OR FUNGI THAT ENTER THE CANAL FROM OUTSIDE. OFTEN OCCURS AFTER THE CANAL GETS MOISTENED BY SWIMMING |
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| THE SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE EAR, NOSE AND THROAT AND DIEASES OF THESE AREAS |
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| NIPPLELIKE PROTRUSIONS OF THE OPTIC DISK INTO THE EYEBALL WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY INCRESED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
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| A BLIND SPOT OTHER THAN THE NORMAL BLIND SPOT(i.e. THE OPTIC DISC) |
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| A RARE CONDITION IN WHICH SENSORY PERCEPTIONS ARE MIXED UP(e.g. ONE CAN "SEE" SOUNDS AS COLORS) |
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| A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AND CORNEA, CAUSING BLINDNESS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA AND ASIA |
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| NORMAL CONDITION OF THE EYES(i.e. NO REFRACTIVE DEFECTS) |
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| AN INNER EAR DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY DIZZINESS, RINGING IN THE EARS, A SENSITIVITY TO SOUNDS AND LOSS OF HEARING |
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| A RINGING OR BUZZING NOISE IN THE EARS |
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