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GLOSSARY
| ABBREVIATION / WORD | DEFINITION |
| ACUTE | IMMEDIATE (ALSO SEVERE), VERSUS CHRONIC (LONG-LASTING) |
| AFP | ATYPICAL FACIAL PAIN |
| ANESTHESIA | LOSS OF SENSATION |
| ANESTHESIA DELOROSA | LOSS OF TACTILE SENSATION ACCOMPANIED BY DEEP BURNING |
| ANTICONVULSANT | MEDICATION TO PREVENT RAPID MUSCLE SPASMS, CONTRACTIONS |
| ANTISEIZURE | MEDICATION TO PREVENT SEIZURES |
| ATFP | ATYPICAL FACIAL PAIN |
| ATN | ATYPICAL TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA (TYPE 2 TN) |
| ATN | ATYPICAL TRIGEMINAL NEUROPATHY |
| ATYPICAL ODONTALGIA | UNUSUAL TOOTH PAIN (OF NEUROPATHIC ORIGIN) |
| ATYPICAL FACIAL PAIN | FACIAL PAIN WHOSE CAUSE IS OBSCURE OR UNKNOWN |
| BALLO0N COMPRESSION | BALLOON INFLATED TO DAMAGE NERVE AND REDUCE PAIN TRANSMISSION |
| BEN'S FRIENDS | NETWORK OF SUPPORT GROUPS FOUNDED BY BEN MUNOZ |
| BILATERAL | TWO SIDES |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| CAREGIVER | PERSON WHO PROVIDES PATIENT CARE (Doctor or family member) |
| CEREBRAL | PERTAINING TO THE FORWARD LOBES OF THE BRAIN |
| CERVICAL | BONES AND DISKS OF THE SPINE IN THE NECK |
| CHRONIC | OF LONG DURATION / CONTINUING |
| COMPRESSION | ACT OF PUSHING OR PRESSURE ON AN OBJECT |
| CORTEX | OUTERMOST CELL LAYER OF THE BRAIN |
| CYBER KNIFE | RADIATION BEAMS TARGETED AT NERVE TO CAUSE SCARRING |
| DIAGNOSIS | NAMING OF A DISEASE OR DISORDER BASED ON SYMPTOMS + TESTS |
| DX | DIAGNOSIS |
| DYSARTHRIA | DISFUNCTION IN SPEECH ARTICULATION |
| DYSPHAGIA | DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING |
| DYSTROPHY | WASTING OR DETERIORATION OF ANY STRUCTURE |
| GAMMA KNIFE | RADIATION BEAMS TARGETED AT NERVE TO CAUSE SCARRING |
| GLYCEROL RHIZOTOMY | FORM OF ALCOHOL INJECTED TO DAMAGE NERVE AND RELIEVE PAIN |
| GN | GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA (THROAT, PALLATE, BASE OF JAW) |
| HYPERESTHESIA | INCREASED SENSITIVITY |
| IV | INTRAVEINEOUS / INTO THE VEIN |
| LWTN | LIVING WITH TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA (livingwithtn.org) |
| MENINGES | THREE MEMBRANES THAT COVER THE BRAIN & SPINAL CORD |
| MENINGITIS | INFLAMATION OF THE MENINGES OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
| MIGRAINE | FORM OF SEVERE HEADACHE, THOUGHT TO BE VASCULAR IN ORIGIN |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| MS | MULIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| MUSCULAR DISTROPHY | PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE MUSCLES |
| MVD | MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION (SURGERY) |
| NERVE BLOC | INJECTION TO REDUCE ABILITY OF NERVE GANGLION TO TRANSMIT PAIN |
| NEURITIS | NERVE INFLAMMATION |
| NEUROPATHY | NERVE DAMAGE DUE TO DISEASE OR BLUNT TRAUMA |
| NEURALGIA | NERVE DAMAGE DUE TO INFLAMMATION |
| OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA | CHRONIC PAIN OF UPPER NECK/BACK OF HEAD/BEHIND EYES |
| ON | OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA |
| OPIOID | PAIN MEDICATION DERIVED FROM OPIUM POPPY FLOWER |
| PARENTERAL | ADMINISTRATION OF DRUG BY INJECTION |
| PBC | PERCUTANEOUS BALLON COMPRESSION (SURGERY) |
| PCP | PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN |
| PM | PAIN MANAGEMENT |
| RF LESIONING | SAME AS RADIO FREQUENCY RHIZOTOMY |
| RHIZOTOMY | SURGERY CAUSING A SCAR ON THE NERVE TO RELIEVE PAIN |
| RX | PRESCRIPTION |
| SIDE EFFECTS | UNUSUAL SYMPTOMS OR CONDITIONS CAUSED BY MEDICATIONS |
| SYMPTOM | EVIDENCE OF DISEASE OR DISORDER |
| TEFLON SHEATH | PIECE OF TEFLON INSERTED BETWEEN NERVE AND VESSEL, IN MVD |
| TINNITUS | CHRONIC RINGING OR HIGH PITCHED SOUND IN EARS |
| TMJ | TEMPORO-MANDIBULAR JOINT -- THE HINGE OF THE JAW |
| TN | TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA -- TYPE 1 OR CLASSIC TN |
| TRAUMA | INJURY |
| TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA | PAIN DISORDER OF THE 5TH CRANIAL NERVE |
| UNILATERAL | ONE SIDE |
| VERTIGO | SENSATION OF SPINNING MOVEMENT OF THE BODY, DIZZINESS |
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