Clinical Terms

Front 1

Achromatopsia

Back 1

Deficiting in detecting/discriminating color

Front 2

Ageusia

Back 2

Absence of taste sensation

Front 3

Agnosia

Back 3

Inability to recognize things

Front 4

Agraphia

Back 4

Loss of ability to write

Front 5

Akinotopsia

Back 5

Selective deficits in detecting/discriminating motion

Front 6

Alexia

Back 6

Loss of ability to read

Front 7

Anisocoria

Back 7

Pupils uneven in size

Front 8

Anomia

Back 8

Cannot name objects

Front 9

Anopia/anopsia

Back 9

Loss of vision

Front 10

Anosmia

Back 10

Absence of smell sensation

Front 11

Anosodiaphoria

Back 11

Inappropriate lack of concern for deficits caused by brain injury

Front 12

Anosognia

Back 12

Unilateral unawareness or denial of deficits on one side of body

Front 13

Apraxia

Back 13

Defect in ability to understand an action or to perform an action in response to verbal command or imitation that is not explained by weakness, primary sensory deficits, movement disorder, intellectual decline, or impaired language comprehension. In speech, errors in pronunciation (i.e. cannot translate conscious speech plans into motor plans).

Front 14

Astereognosia

Back 14

Inability to identify object based on touch

Front 15

Ataxia

Back 15

Lack of coordination of eye movements and during walking; delay to initiate movements

Front 16

Athetosis

Back 16

Slow, writhing movements

Front 17

Bradykinesia

Back 17

Slow initiation of voluntary movements

Front 18

Chorea

Back 18

Brief, jerk-like movements

Front 19

Dysarthria

Back 19

Difficulty pronouncing words

Front 20

Dysdiadochokinesia

Back 20

Inability to sustain a regular rhythm or even amount of force

Front 21

Dysgeusia

Back 21

Distortion of a taste sensation

Front 22

Dyskinesia

Back 22

Diminished voluntary movements and presence of involuntary movements

Front 23

Dyslexia

Back 23

Inability to process graphic symbols correctly

Front 24

Dysmetria

Back 24

Errors in range of movement

Front 25

Dysosmia (cacosmia/parosmia)

Back 25

Distortion of smell sensation (foul smell)

Front 26

Dysphagia

Back 26

Difficulty swallowing

Front 27

Dysphonia

Back 27

Hoarse or weak voice

Front 28

Dystonia

Back 28

Fixed posture

Front 29

Gustatory agnosia

Back 29

Inability to recognize a taste sensation

Front 30

Hyperosmia

Back 30

Abnormally acute smell function

Front 31

Hypogeusia

Back 31

Decreased sensation to tastants

Front 32

Hyposmia

Back 32

Decreased smell sensation

Front 33

Neglect

Back 33

A deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space

Front 34

Olfactory agnosia

Back 34

Inability to recognize an odor sensation

Front 35

Paraphasia

Back 35

Phonemic vs. semantic

Front 36

Paresis

Back 36

Partial loss of movement or impaired movement

Front 37

Phantosmia

Back 37

Dysosmia in the absence of appropriate stimulation (hallucination)

Front 38

Prosopagnosia

Back 38

Can't recognize faces

Front 39

Somatophrenia

Back 39

Patient claims contralateral limbs don't belong to him/her