(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
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(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.(neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (‘phr…
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Neurology, Medicine and healthcare.a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers
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A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.inability of the heart to pump enough blood to sustain normal bodily functions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inability, perceive, written, words.impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
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