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SSCT Med Term CH10
SSCT Medical Terminology Web3 Chapter 10, Abbreviations & Anesthesiology
Question | Answer |
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Ach | acetylcholine |
AD | Alzheimer Disease |
ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
ANS | Autonomic nervous system |
CNS | Central Nervous System |
CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
CP | Cerebral Palsy |
CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident |
EEG | Electroencephalogram |
HD | Huntington Disease |
LP | Lumbar Puncture |
MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura meter |
encephal/o | brain |
gli/o | glial cells |
lept/o | thin, slender |
mening/o | membranes; meninges |
meningi/o | membranes; meninges |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord |
neuro/o | nerve |
pont/o | pons |
radicul/o | nerve root |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (refers to meninges) |
vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial cavity) |
alges/o | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
caus/o | burning |
comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
esthesi/o | feeling, nervous sensation |
-esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
kines/o | movement |
kinesi/o | movement |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-kinetic | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
lex/o | word, phrase |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body) |
-praxia | action |
-sthenia | strength |
syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
tax/o | order, coordination |