(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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Posttraumatic epilepsy
a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury
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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 species of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to black…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.Having an irregular, convulsive motion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: convulsive, epileptic, caused, head, injury.
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