Meaning of CEREBRAL PALSY
| Pronunciation: | | 'serubrul 'polzee
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| | Definition: | | [n] a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth |
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| | Synonyms: | | spastic paralysis |
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| | See Also: | | brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy | |
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| | Definition: | |  Cerebral Palsy
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| | Definition: | | Defect of motor power and co-ordination caused by damage to the developing brain. |
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| | Definition: | | Cerebral palsy is a catch-all term for a collection of neonatal motor and neurologic disorders that is nonprogressive and nonhereditary. Intrauterine hypoxia and perinatal asphyxia is believed to be the major cause. Characteristic disorders: - spastic forms: quadriplegia, diplegia, hemiplegia, paraplegia, monoplegia, triplegia
- ataxia
- dyskinesia
- hypotonia
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| | Related Terms: | | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain disease, cephalalgia, chorea, emotional disorder, epilepsy, falling sickness, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, headache, herpes zoster, ischialgia, migraine, MS, multiple sclerosis, nervous disorder, neuralgia, neuritis, neuropathy, organic psychosis, palsy, polyneuritis, pressure neuropathy, priapism, radiculitis, sciatic neuritis, sciatica, shaking palsy, shingles, spastic paralysis, the jerks, tic douloureux, toxic psychosis |
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