| locked-in syndrome |
This is a damage to the brainstem that does not interfere with consciousness but does not allow the victim to move or even communicate except by blinking.
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| locked f.’s of spine |
dislocation of articular processes of the spine.
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| locked k. |
inability to extend the lower limb fully as a result of tear of the medial semilunar cartilage.
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| locked-in s. |
quadriplegia and mutism with intact consciousness and the preservation of voluntary vertical eye movements and blinking; usually due to a vascular lesion of the pars ventralis pontis. Called also coma vigil, de-efferented state, and pseudocoma. Cf. akinetic mutism.
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| locked-in state |
A paralytic condition, superficially resembling coma, in which a person has no voluntary control over somatic muscles but nonetheless remains awake and alert. The locked-in state is usually the result of a lesion of the brainstem
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