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di⋅as⋅chi⋅sis

  [dahy-as-kuh-sis]
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–noun Medicine/Medical.
a disturbance or loss of function in one part of the brain due to a localized injury in another part.
Origin:
1910–15; < NL < Gk diáschisis a division; see dia-, schi(zo)-, -sis
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Main Entry: di·as·chi·sis
Pronunciation: dI-'as-k&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural di·as·chi·ses /-"sEz/
: the breaking up of a pattern of brain activity by a localized injury that temporarily throws the whole activity out offunction though destroying only part of a structure
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diaschisis di·as·chi·sis (dī-ās'kĭ-sĭs)
n.
A sudden loss of function in a portion of the brain that is at a distance from the site of injury, but is connected to it by neurons.

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