English > nervous disorder: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | A disorder of the nervous system. |
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| Synonyms | neurological disorder, neurological disease |
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| Narrower | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease | thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
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| ataxia, ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia | inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements |
| athetosis | A continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts |
| atopognosia, atopognosis | absence or loss of topognosia |
| brain damage | Injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently) |
| brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease | Any disorder or disease of the brain |
| chorea | Any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs |
| dyskinesia | Abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements |
| flaccid paralysis | weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles |
| kuru | 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 |
| nerve compression | harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences) |
| Broader | disorder, upset | A physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal / normal functioning |
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| Spanish | enfermedad neurológica, trastorno nervioso, trastorno neurológico |
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| Catalan | trastorn nerviós, trastorn neurològic |
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