WordNet
n. a disorder of the nervous system [syn: nervous disorder, neurological disease]
Wikipedia
A neurological disorder is any disorder of the body nervous system. Structural, biochemical or electrical abnormalities in the brain, spinal cord or other nerves can result in a range of symptoms. Examples of symptoms include paralysis, muscle weakness, poor coordination, loss of sensation, seizures, confusion, pain and altered levels of consciousness. There are many recognized neurological disorders, some relatively common, but many rare. They may be assessed by neurological examination, and studied and treated within the specialities of neurology and clinical neuropsychology.
Interventions for neurological disorders include preventative measures, lifestyle changes, physiotherapy or other therapy, neurorehabilitation, pain management, medication, or operations performed by neurosurgeons. The World Health Organization estimated in 2006 that neurological disorders and their sequelae (direct consequences) affect as many as one billion people worldwide, and identified health inequalities and social stigma/ discrimination as major factors contributing to the associated disability and suffering.
Usage examples of "neurological disorder".
Subject, suffering from as yet undiagnosed neurological disorder, assaults and kills neighbor, attacks another.
Second, he's suffering from some sort of neurological disorder that's affecting his behavior, his judgment, his actions.
I waited for the first signs of a progressive, irreversible neurological disorder-but they never came.
But then, it's hard to be gloomy with a fiddle and mandolin belting out reels, and dancers jigging up and down like Nijinsky with a neurological disorder.
The Vulcan shook as with some aggravated neurological disorder, but he fixed his eyes on Sola and stepped out on the slender, slippery conduit.
His hair had fallen out in patches, and he jittered with a neurological disorder.
To the parents of a young adult with a related neurological disorder seeking donors for a bone marrow transplant purported to stay the progress of his disease: The surgery will be futile.
The wife seemed to be afflicted with some neurological disorder, which set her off on crying jags for no apparent reason.
That was when Mohiam selected the particular disease, an oh-so-gradual vengeance, a neurological disorder that would destroy his beautiful body.