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Unsure of what your doctor was talking about? Here, a glossary of common terms used in discussions about stroke.
Abulia
Acute Stroke
Advanced Practice Nurse
Agnosia
Agraphia
Air Embolus
Alexia
Alzheimer Disease (AD)
Anarthria
Aneurysm
Anosagnosia
Antibody
Antiphospholipid Antibody
Apnea
Apraxia
Arrhythmia
Arteriovenous Malformation
Artery-to-Artery Thromboembolism
Aspiration Pneumonia
Astereognosis
Atrial Septal Aneurysm
Atrophy
Basal Ganglia
Basilar Artery
Benign Brain Tumor
Bleeding Disorder
Brain Attack Coalition
Brain Ventricles
Brainstem
Broca's Aphasia
Cardiomegaly
Cardiomyopathy
Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA)
Central Nervous System
Cerebellum
Cerebral Angiogram
Cerebral Cortex
Computer Tomography Angiogram (CTA)
Constructional Apraxia
Contracture
Contrast
Corona Radiata
Cranial Nerve Nuclei
Critical Care Meidine
Cryptogenic Stroke
Deep Venous Thrombosis
Dejerine-Roussy Syndrome
Delusions
Dementia
Diagnostic Radiology
Diffusion Weighted MRI
Dominant Language Hemisphere
Dural Sinus Thrombosis
Dural Sinus
Dysarthria
Dysphagia
Embolic Stroke
Endovascular Thrombolysis
Eye Opening Apraxia
Focal Seizure
Food Bolus
Frontal Lobe
Genetic Disease
Hallucination
Head CT
Hemiparesis
Hemiplegia
Heparin
High Blood Pressure
Holter Monitor
Homonimous Hemianopsia
Hydrocephalus
Ideomotor Apraxia
Insomnia
Intensive Care Unit
Internal Capsule
Internal Carotid Artery
Interventional Radiology
Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Intracranial Aneurysm Clipping
Intracranial Pressure Monitor (ICP Monitor)
Intracranial Pressure
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Ischemia
Ischemic Stroke
Lacunar Stroke
Lewy Body Dementia
Lupus Anticoagulant
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Venography (MRV)
Malignant Brain Tumor
Medical History
Medulla Oblongata
Meningioma
Metastatic Brain Tumor
Middle Cerebral Artery
Migraine Aura
Mood Disorder
MRI
Muscle Rigidity
Myxoma
Neuritic Plaque
Neurofibrillary Tangles
Neurological Examination
Neuron
NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Nocturnal
Occipital Pole
Paradoxical Embolism
Parkinsonism
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
PFO
Physiatrist
Pick's Disease
Pons
Postictal Paralysis
Primary Brain Tumor
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Prosthetic Heart Valve
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Psychosis
Pulmonary Embolism
Rasmussen's Encephalitis
Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Seizure
Septic Embolus
Silent Stroke
Silent Stroke
Spasticity
Spinal Cord
Stroke Registry
Stroke Unit
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subdural Hemorrhage
Systolic Blood Pressure
Telegraphic Speech
Temporal Lobe
Thalamus
Thrombotic Stroke
Thunderclap Headache
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)
Transcranial Doppler (TCD)
Vacular Neurosurgery
Vascular Neurology
Vascular Surgery
Vascular Territory
Vasculitis
Vasospasm
Ventriculostomy
Visual Field
Wernicke’s Aphasia
White Matter
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