Neurological Terminology

noun a sudden attack, stroke, or seizure, especially one resulting from a cerebral or cardiac event

• The patient experienced an ictus, resulting in a sudden loss of consciousness.
• He collapsed on the field after suffering an ictus during the game.
• I heard she had an ictus at the party last night, but she's okay now.
• The stock market crash was like an ictus for the economy, causing widespread panic.

noun a layer at the back of the eyeball that contains cells sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed

• The retina is a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that is sensitive to light.
• I think I strained my retina from staring at the screen for too long.
• My eyes are so tired, I feel like my retinas are burning.
• The vivid colors of the sunset imprinted on my retina, creating a lasting memory.

noun a person experiencing anterograde amnesia

adjective relating to or denoting a type of amnesia in which a person is unable to remember new information after a specific event

• The patient experienced anterograde amnesia after the accident.
• After the crash, he couldn't remember anything new, that's anterograde amnesia.
• I heard she has anterograde memory loss, poor thing.
• His career seemed to be in an anterograde spiral, always moving forward but never really progressing.

noun a place or state of forgetfulness or oblivion

• The forgetory is where we keep all the old documents and records.
• I think I left my keys in the forgetory, can you check for me?
• I'll just toss that old paperwork in the forgetory, we don't need it anymore.
• Her mind seemed to have a forgetory, as she kept misplacing important information.