The most common causes of 6th cranial nerve palsy are stroke, trauma, viral illness, brain tumor, inflammation, infection, migraine headache and elevated pressure inside the brain. The condition can be present at birth; however, the most common cause in children is trauma.
âº the âact or âcondition of being officially âforced to âstay in a âplace: [U] He âclaimed that his detention by the âauthorities was âunlawful. âº Detention is also a âpunishment in which a âstudent must âremain in âschool for a âshort âtime after âclasses have âended for the âday. (Definition of detention from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
A penal institution maintained by the government. Classified under: Nouns denoting man-made objects. Hypernyms (correctional institution is a kind of...): penal facility; penal institution (an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of correctional institution): detention camp; detention home; detention house; house of detention (an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court))