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Medical Terms

Last Updated: April 19th, 2012

Medical terms encompass terms that your doctor and healthcare practioner may use. These terms are medical based and will be helpful for those patients and family members that are reading medical journals, pamphlets and materials made available by doctors and others.

The following medical terms are commonly used and often seen in ALS journals, articles, and ALS/MND related medical resources. The following medical terms and definitions may be of interest to you:


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  1. Acetylcholine
  2. Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody
  3. Action Tremors
  4. Adenosine Triphosphate
  5. Agitation
  6. Agonist
  7. Akinesia
  8. Angiogram
  9. Arteriogram
  10. Ataxia
  11. Athetosis
  12. Biopsy
  13. Bowel
  14. Brain Attack
  15. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
  16. Brainstem
  17. Brisk Reflex
  18. Brisk Reflexes
  19. CD14
  20. Charcot Disease
  21. Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor
  22. Classical ALS
  23. Computed Tomography
  24. Cord Blood
  25. CREB
  26. Delusions
  27. Dementia
  28. Diaphragmatic Pacemaker
  29. Dopa Decarboxylase
  30. Dysphagia
  31. Dystonia
  32. Electrodiagnostic Tests
  33. Electroencephalogram
  34. Embolus
  35. Encephalitis
  36. Euphoria
  37. Evoked Potentials
  38. Exertional Dyspnea
  39. Extrapyramidal System
  40. Fasciculation
  41. Festination
  42. Ganglion
  43. Glutathione
  44. Headache Primary
  45. Headache Secondary
  46. Hydrogen Peroxide Assay
  47. Hyperreflexia
  48. Hyporeflexia
  49. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
  50. Incontinence

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