Ch. 37 & 38 key terms

tumor

a new growth of abnormal cells; tumors are benign or malignant

tinnitus

a ringing, roaring, hissing, or buzzing sound in the ear or head

braille

a touch reading and writing system that uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet; the first 10 letters also represent the number 0 throuh 9

benign tumor

a tumor that does not spread to the other body parts; it can grow to a large size

malignant tumor

a tumor that invades and destroys nearby tissue and can spread to other body parts; cancer

expressive-receptive aphasia

difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts and difficulty understanding language; global aphasia; mixed aphasia

expressive aphasia

difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts; motor aphasia; Broca's aphasia

receptive aphasia

difficulty understanding language; Wernicke's aphasia

vertigo

dizziness

cerumen

earwax

motor aphasia

expressive aphasia; Broca's aphasia

Broca's aphasia

expressive aphasia; motor aphasia

mixed aphasia

expressive-receptive aphasia; global aphasia

low vision

eyesight that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, drugs, or surgery

deafness

hearing loss in which it is impossible for the person to understand speech through hearing alone

stomatits

inflammation of the mouth

cancer

malignant tumor

global aphasia

mixed aphasia; expressive-receptive aphasia

hearing loss

not being able to hear the normal range of sounds associated with normal hearing

Wernicke's aphasia

receptive aphasia

blind

the absence of sight

metastasis

the spread of cancer to other body parts

aphasia

the total or partial loss of the ability to use or understand language; a language disorder resulting from damage to parts of the brain responsible for language