| cerebral edema |
A swelling of the brain due to increase fluids in around the brain tissue most often due to trauma, infection, salt or sugar imbalance, shock, anoxia, etc.
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| cerebral cortex |
The upper, superior covering over the brain involved in higher level integration and thought.
Ãâó: www.backpain-guide.com/Glossary_Files/Glossary_Pag...
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| cerebral palsy |
An associated condition with birth in which abnormal levels of spasticity prevent normal limb movement.
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| cerebral hemisphere |
seh-REE-bral HEM-is-feer One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning. The right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body.
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| cerebellar hemangioblastoma |
A benign, slow-growing tumor in the cerebellum (part of the brain at the back of the head), made up of abnormal blood vessel growth. People with von Hippel-Landau disease have an increased risk of developing hemangioblastomas.
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