Medical Terms

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