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Physio Psych Symptom
Term | Definition |
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Achromatopsia | Partial or complete color blindness due to little or no function of cone cells or damage to the occipitotemporal areas |
Agnosia | Inability to recognize familiar objects or sounds |
Akathisia | Inability to sit/stand still; restlessness |
Akinesia | Compete or total loss of movement |
Anomia | Type of Aphasia; inability to recall names of familiar objects |
Anosognosia | Failure to recognize one's own neurological symptoms |
Aphasia | Disturbance in previously acquired language skills |
Apraxia | Inability to carry out purposeful movements despite in tact muscle power and control |
Asomatognosia | Inability to recognize parts of one's own body |
Ataxia | Clumsiness, lack of balance and coordination |
Athetosis | Slow involuntary movements |
Bradykinesia | Slowness of movement |
Chorea | Irregular, involuntary, jerking movements; usually of the face, limbs, and trunk |
Dyskinesia | Abnormal muscle movement, twitching, jerking (chorea, tics, tremors) |
Dysprosody | Disturbance in pitch and rhythm of speech |
Paresthesia | Altered sensation of skin causes tingling or numbness |
Prosopagnosia | Inability to recognize familiar faces |
Synesthesia | Stimulation of one sense triggers sensation of other sense |
Tardive dyskinesia | Repetitive facial grimaces, jerky movements; extrapyramidal |