Glossary

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  • Nasociliary neuralgia

    Neuralgia of the eyes, brows, and root of the nose.  

  • Intercostal neuralgia

    Pain between the ribs. It is frequently associated with eruption of herpes zoster on the chest, and with costochondritis, an inflammatory condition of the ribs and their cartilage. Neuralgia that occurs along the nerves encircling the chest, often linked with herpes zoster.  

  • Idiopathic neuralgia

    Neuralgia without structural lesion or pressure from a lesion.  

  • Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

    Neuralgia along the course of the glossopharyngeal nerve, characterized by severe pain in back of the throat, tonsils, and middle ear. The throat throbs with an acute, repetitive ache, emanating from its depths and spreading to the vicinity of the tonsils, and conceivably even reaching the ear. This distress is instigated by the act of…

  • Neural grafting

    An experimental procedure for transplanting tissue into the brain and spinal cord. Possible sources of material to be used include human fetal tissue, cultured and genetically engineered cells, and tissues from the patient’s own body.  

  • Neural fold

    One of two longitudinal elevations of the neural plate of an embryo that unite to form the neural tube.  

  • Neuragmia

    The tearing or rupturing of a nerve trunk.  

  • Neural network

    A form of artificial intelligence that relies on a group of interconnected mathematical equations that accept input data and that calculate an output. The more often the equations are used, the more reliable and valuable they become in drawing conclusions from data. Neural networks have been used in health care to interpret electrocardiograms and to…

  • Net reproductive rate

    A measure of whether a population is reproducing at a greater or lesser rate than needed for its replacement. It is determined by calculating the average number of surviving daughters born to the women in that population during their reproductive years. An NRR of 1 indicates that each woman in the population has one surviving…

  • Cell nest

    A mass of epithelial cells set apart from surrounding cells by connective tissue.