Glosario Bio 101

Término | Definición | Traducción |
Anencephaly | A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres. | Anencefalia |
Anosmia | No sense of smell, due to loss of thesense of smell or failure for it to develop. | Anosmia |
Aphasia | Is an acquired language problem caused by damage to the brain in the hemisphere responsible for communication. | Afasia |
Apraxia |The inability to execute a voluntary motor movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function. Apraxia is not related to a lack of understanding or to any kind of physical paralysisbut is caused by a problem in the cortex of the brain. | Apraxia |
Bipolar Disorder | Is a mental illness that is characterized by severe mood swings, repeated episodes of depression, and at least oneepisode of mania. | Trastorno Bipolar |
Cornea | The transparent, convex, anterior portion of the outer fibrous coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and the pupil and is continuous with thesclera. | Cornea |
Dyslexia | A specific reading disability due to a defect in the brain processing of graphic symbols. Dyslexia is a learning disability that alters the way the brain processeswritten material. | Dislexia |
Encephalitis | Is an inflammation (swelling) of the brain. Encephalitis is usually caused by a virus, but other things, including bacteria, may cause it as well. |Encefalitis |
Hemianopia | Blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes. | Hemianopsia |
Myopia | Near sightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than distant objects.Myopia can be caused by a longer-than-normal eyeball or by any condition that prevents light rays from focusing on the retina. | Miopía |
Neuropathy | A functional disturbance or pathological change inthe peripheral nervous system, sometimes limited to non-inflammatory lesions as opposed to those of neuritis. | Neuropatía |
Retinopathy | Damage to the small blood vessels in the retina; results...