neurological disease
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1. a disorder of the nervous system (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | disorder, upset, |
| definition | : | a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | brain damage, |
| definition | : | injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | atopognosia, atopognosis, |
| definition | : | absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | dyskinesia, |
| definition | : | abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | chorea, |
| definition | : | any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | flaccid paralysis, |
| definition | : | weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | athetosis, |
| definition | : | a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | kuru, |
| definition | : | a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | nerve compression, |
| definition | : | harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness (noun.state) |
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