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diaschisis

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[dahy-as-kuh-sis] / daɪˈæs kə sɪs /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. a disturbance or loss of function in one part of the brain due to a localized injury in another part.

Etymology

Origin of diaschisis

First recorded in 1910–15; from New Latin, from Greek diáschisis “a division”; dia-, schiz-, -sis

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