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psychosis collapse: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

paranoia collapse: a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

schizophrenia collapse: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

maladjustment collapse: the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

neurosis collapse: a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction

mental illness collapse: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

melancholia collapse: extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

synapse collapse: the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"

spinal cord collapse: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

nervous system collapse: the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

solar plexus collapse: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

ganglion collapse: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons

multiple sclerosis collapse: a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

cerebral palsy collapse: a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

neuralgia collapse: acute spasmodic pain along the course of one or more nerves

chorea collapse: any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

migraine collapse: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men

reaction collapse: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"; a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"; an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"; extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"; a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"; (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"

plexus collapse: a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

palsy collapse: a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor; affect with palsy

cerebral cortex collapse: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

infectious disease collapse: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

genetic disease collapse: a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically

deficiency disease collapse: any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral)

pathology collapse: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases; any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

occupational disease collapse: disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)

syndrome collapse: a complex of concurrent things; "every word has a syndrome of meanings"; a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

malady collapse: any unwholesome or desperate condition; "what maladies afflict our nation?"

illness collapse: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

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