ThJuland's Dell

This Multiple Sclerosis Glossary represents most of the data I accumulated, during my struggles against the fear, lies, and frank callousness of too many *professionals*. :(

Luckily, I had always been an avid reader and successfully won my diagnosis. Yes, I finally did find a competent Neurologist (with a Ph.D.) and I am a very happy MSer. Please contact me, if you do not find the information you seek.

Thomas J. Copeland Jr.
<tjc@thjuland.net>

MS Glossary

The complete glossary has grown to over 210KB, and takes some time to load, so I have sectioned it into parts by alphabetical letter, and added this hyper-linked index.

You may select the complete glossary above, choose a page letter, or browse the index below and go directly to that section. All pages are hyper-linked, so you can easily navigate back and forth and even go back again, in any order.

A B C D E F G H I L M N O P Q R S T U V W

A
4-AminoPyridine	Acetylcholine	ACTH
Acuity, Visual	Acute Phase Proteins	Adrenal Glands
Afferent Pupillary Defect	Amines	Amino Acids
Anesthesia	Anoxia	Anterior Horn
AntiBody	Antigen	Antigen Presenting Cell (APC)
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs	Aphasia	Apoptosis
Aspiration	Asymmetry	Ataxia
Atrophy	Atrophy, Optic	AutoImmune
Autonomic Nervous System Sympathetic Division ParaSympathetic Division
Axons

B
B-Cell (Plasma Cell)	Babinski's Sign	Baclofen
Basal Ganglia	Blood-Brain Barrier	BrainStem
BrainStem Auditory Evoked Response (Potentials)

C
CAT (CT) Scan	CD4⁺	Cell
Cellular Immunology	Cell Membrane	Central Nervous System (CNS)
Centrocecal Scotoma	Cerebellum
Cerebellar Disorders Asthenia Ataxia Dysmetria Fatigability Hypotonia Nystagmus Oscillopsia
CerebroSpinal Fluid	Cerebrum	Chemotaxis
Circumduction	Clonus	Cognition
Complement	Computed Tompography (CAT)	Coordination
Corpus Callosum	Cortex	Cortex, Cerebral
Association Cortex	CorticoSpinal Tract	CorticoTropin
Cortisone	Cytokines

D
Dantrium	Deep Tendon Reflexes	Decompostion of Movement
Decubitus	Dementia	DeMyelination
Dendrite	Dendrite Cell	Diagnosis
DienCephalon	Double Vision (Diplopia)	Disability
Disseminated	Dizziness	Dysarthria
Dyschromatopsia	Dysdiadochokinesia	Dysesthesia
Dyskinesia	Dysmetria	Dyspepsia
Dysphagia	Dysphonia	Dystonia

E
EAE	Edema	Emboli
Embolization	ElectroEnCephalography	EnCephalitis
Epidemiology	Epitope	Etiology
Evoked Potentials	Exacerbation

F
Fasciculus Medial Longitudinal	Fatigue	Fecal Incontinence
Flare-up	Focal	Focal Deficits
Footdrop	Frontal Lobes

G
Gadolinium	Gait	Gamma Globulin ImmunoGlobulin (Ig)
Ganglia	Gene (Heredity)	Genetic Determinant (HLA)
Girdle Sensation (MS Hug)	Glands	Glial (Gliosis)
Glia Cells Astrocytes, Epithelium, Microglia, Oligodendrocytes, Satellites
GlucoCorticoid Hormones	Granulocytes	Gray Matter

H
Heat Sensitivity	Hemianopsia	Hemiparesis
Hemiplegia	Histamine	Histocompatibility Genes (MHC)
Hormone	Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)
Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus type 1 (HTLV-1)		Hypoxia

I
Immune System	Immunity	ImmunoGlobulin
ImmunoSuppression	Impairment	Impotence
Incidence	Incontinence	Inflammation
InfraTentorial	Insulin	Integrins
Interferon	InterLeukin	InterNuclear Ophthalmoplegia
Intrathecal	Ischemia

L
Lateral SpinoThalamic Tract (LST)	Lesion	Leukocytes
L'hermitte's Sign	Ligand	Lobe (Of The Brain)
Lymphocytes B-Cells T-Cells Helper T-Cells Suppressor T-Cells

M
Macrophage	Macrophage-Activating Factor (MAF)	Mast Cell
Medulla Oblongata	MicroEmboli	MonoClonal AntiBody
MRI	Multiple Sclerosis	Myelin
Myelin Basic Protein	Myelitis	MyxoVirus

N
Necrosis	Nerve	Nerve Impulse
Neurologic Disease	Neuron	NeuroTransmitters
Neutrophils	Nodes of Ranvier	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MRI)
Nystagmus

O
OligoClonal Bands	Oligodendrocytes	Optic Atrophy
Optic Nerve	Optic Neuritis	Organelle
Oscillopsia	Orthotic

P
Paralysis	Paraparesis	Paresis
Paresthesias	Paroxysmal	Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
PeriVentricular Region	Phagocyte	Phagocytosis
PhosphoLipid	Pituitary	Placebo Effect
Plantar Reflex	Plaque	Prednisone
Pons	Posterior Column	Prevalence
Primary/Progressive MS	Processes (Nerve Fiber)	Prognosis
Progressive/Relapsing MS	Prospective Memory	Protein
Pseudo-Exacerbation	Pyramidal Tract (CorticoSpinal Tract)

Q
	Quadriplegia

R
Recent Memory	Reflex	Relapsing/Remitting MS
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (RAPD)	Remission	Remote Memory
ReMyelination	Reticular Formation	Retrobulbar Neuritis
RetroVirus	Romberg's Sign	Romberg Test

S
Scanning Speech	Sclerosis	Scotoma
Secondary/Progressive Multiple Sclerosis	Spinal Cord Segment	Sensory
Sequela	Sign, Neurologic	SomatoSensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP)
Spasticity	Spinal Cord	InterVertebra Foramia
Splenium	Steroids	Suppressor Lymphocyte (Suppressor T-Cell)
Symptom	Synapse

T
T-Cell	Tandem Gait	Thalamus
Thymus	Tic-Douloureux (Trigeminal Neuralgia)	Titer
Tolerance	Tract	Transverse Myelitis
Tremor	Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)