nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system

epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions

apraxia - inability to make purposeful movements

paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinsonism, shaking palsy - a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis - a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth

agraphia, anorthography, logagraphia - a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion

acataphasia - a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner

aphasia - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion

agnosia - inability to recognize objects by use of the senses

CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease - rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control

Wernicke's encephalopathy - inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism