NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurological disorder mean? 

• NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER (noun)
  The noun NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. a disorder of the nervous system

  Familiarity information: NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disorder of the nervous system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nervous disorder; neurological disease; neurological disorder

Hypernyms ("neurological disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neurological disorder"):

brain damage (injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.)

brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)

ataxia; ataxy; dyssynergia; motor ataxia (inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait)

atopognosia; atopognosis (absence or loss of topognosia; inability to locate correctly a point of touch)

dyskinesia (abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements)

chorea (any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs)

flaccid paralysis (weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles)

ALS; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lou Gehrig's disease (thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs)

athetosis (a continuous succession of slow, writhing, involuntary movements of the hands and feet and other body parts)

kuru (a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned)

nerve compression (harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness)

 Context examples 

The described gene is also associated with a neurological disorder in humans.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

A cognitive and neurological disorder due to fetal intrauterine exposure to maternal alcohol consumption.

(Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

With the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that a gene called PIEZO2 controls specific aspects of human touch and proprioception, a sixth sense describing awareness of one’s body in space.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

Using two animal models of a degenerative neurological disorder, the researchers were able to find a similar dysfunctional process occurring in fruit flies and mice, as well as human cells, meaning that their findings are likely to be replicated in human brains.

(New Mechanisms Found of Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Doctors use it in small doses to treat health problems, including: • Temporary smoothing of facial wrinkles and improving your appearance • Severe underarm sweating • Cervical dystonia - a neurological disorder that causes severe neck and shoulder muscle contractions • Blepharospasm - uncontrollable blinking • Strabismus - misaligned eyes • Chronic migraine • Overactive bladder

(Botox, NIH)