Neuroglossary
Terms used in brain injury, spinal cord injury and other neurotrauma treatment and rehabilitation
weighted - Having an assigned value that expresses the relative importance of a thing as the result of measuring it in some fashion.
Wernicke's aphasia - Disturbance of speech or reading, caused by a defect in the receptive (afferent) brain connections. Comprehension of speech is affected, while expressive speech may appear superficially normal.
whiplash - Popular term for an acute cervical sprain; an acceleration extension injury of the cervical spine.
whirlpool bath - Therapeutic bath, in which a whirling, churning stream of hot water is forcibly directed against part of the body.
white matter - Myelinated axons in the central nervous system; inner layer of the cortex.
white substance - See white matter.
window - Used in CT scanning to view discs, the thecal sac, ligaments, bone structure, and joints.
wrapped disc - Fragment of herniated disc material surrounded by a rim of contrast-enhancing granulation tissue.
