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{|cellpadding="7" cellspacing="2" border="2" align="center" class="wikitable sortable"
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!width="250"|'''Term'''
|linkpage = Nervous System - Pathology
!class="unsortable" width="450"|'''Definition'''
|linktext =Nervous System
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|maplink = Nervous System (Content Map) - Pathology
|'''Encephalo-'''
|pagetype =Pathology
|Of the Brain
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|'''Meningo'''-
|Of the Meninges
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|'''Myelo-'''
|Of the Spinal cord
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|'''Leuko-'''
|Of the white matter
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|'''Polio-'''
|Of the gray matter
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|'''Encephalitis'''
|Inflammation of the brain
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|'''Meningitis'''
|Inflammation of the Meninges
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|'''Meningoencephalitis'''
|Inflammation of the brain and meninges
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|'''Myelitis'''
|Inflammation of the Spinal Cord
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|'''Ganglioradiculitis'''
|Inflammation of cranial and spinal ganglia and roots
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|'''Polyradiculoneuritis'''
|Inflammation of multiple spinal or cranial nerve roots
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|'''Malacia'''
|Necrosis
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|'''Leukoencephalomalacia'''
|Necrosis of the white matter of the brain
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|'''Leukomyelomalacia'''
|Necrosis of the white matter in the spinal cord
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|'''Polioencephalomalacia'''
|Necrosis of the gray matter in the brain
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|'''Poliomyelomalacia'''
|Necrosis of the gray matter in the spinal cord
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|'''Astrocytosis'''
|Increased numbers of astrocytes (hyperplasia)
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|'''Astrogliosis (or gliosis)'''
|Increased numbers of glial fibers
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|'''Gemistocytes'''
|Highly reactive astrocytes with abundant pink cytoplasm and distinct cell borders
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|'''Gemistocytic astrocytosis'''
|Astrocytic hyperplasia in which gemistocytic forms predominate
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|'''Leptomeninges'''
|Pia and arachnoid mater together
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|'''Pachymeninges'''
|Dura mater
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|'''Telencephalon'''
|Cerebral hemispheres
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|'''Diencephalon'''
|Thalamus and hypothalamus
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|'''Mesencephalon'''
|Midbrain
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|'''Metencephalon'''
|Cerebellum and pons
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|'''Myelencephalon'''
|Medulla
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[[Category:Nervous System - Pathology]]