(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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Wernicke's aphasia
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
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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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To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aphasia, characterized, fluent, meaningless, speech.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…
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