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Akinesia
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abnormal absence or poverty of movement
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agnosia
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inability to recognize objects through any of the special senses (vision, hearing, etc)
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apraxia
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in the absence of paralysis, the pt is unable to carry out purposeful, useful, or skilled motor acts
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aphasia
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numerous forms of defects in the use of language (ie Broca's aphasia, auditory aphasia, etc)
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ataxia
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lack of motor coordination
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analgesia
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loss of sensibility of pain
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anesthesia
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loss of sensation (may be pain, temp, crude touch, fine touch, vibratory sense, pressure, etc)
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athetosis
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slow, writhing, worm-like movement of the distal parts of the extremities
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adiodochokinesia (dysdiadochokinesia)
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unable to perform rapid or alternating movements
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clonus
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a spasm in which contraction and relaxation of a muscle alternate in rapid succession
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chorea
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sudden and involuntary jerky movement of head, neck, and extremities. Also includes facial grimaces. Note that the jerky movements are well coordinated
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dysmetria
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inability to stop a muscular movement at a desired point
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dyssynergia
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disturbances of muscular coordination (jerky, tremor-like voluntary movements)
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dysarthria
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slurred or hesitant speech
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dyskinesia
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impairment of the power of involuntary movement, resulting in fragmentary or incomplete movements
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fasciculations
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a small loval contraction of mm, visible through the skin, representing of a spontaneous discharge of a number of fibers innervated by a single motor n filament
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hemiplegia
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paralysis on one side of the body
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hemisection
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section of one half the spinal cord
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hypoethesia
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abnormally decreased sensitivity of the skin
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hypokinesia
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low movement and expressions of the skin
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hypotonia
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loss of muscle tone
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miosis
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reduction in size of pupil
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myolonus
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shock like contractions of a portion of a muscle, an entire, muscle, or a group of muscles, restricted to one area of the body or appearing synchronously or asynchronously in several areas
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myotonia
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increased muscular irritability and contractility with decreased power of relaxation; tonic spasms of muscle
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myotactic
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pertaining to the proprioceptive sense of muscles
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nystagmus
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ataxia of eye movement
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paresis
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muscular weakness
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paralysis
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loss of movement
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paraplegia
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paralysis of both legs
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quadraplegia
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paralysis of both lower and upper extremities
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strabismus
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a visual disorder in which one eye cannot focus with the other (cross-eyed)
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ptosis
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dropping of upper eye lid due to dysfunction of the levator palpebrae superioris
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displopia
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double vision; occurs when the extrinsic eye muscles are paralyzed
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mydriasis
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dilated pupil
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anisocoria
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pupils of unequal size
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