Definition: 'Diaschisis'
diaschisis
Type: TermPronunciation: dī-as′ki-sis
Definitions:
1. A sudden inhibition of function produced by an acute focal disturbance in a portion of the brain at a distance from the original site of injury, but anatomically connected with it through fiber tracts.
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