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Chabner12-Ch10Parts
Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter 10 - Word Parts & Abbrev
Term | Definition |
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alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
-blast | embryonic; immature cell |
caus/o | burn; burning |
cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of brain) |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of brain) |
comat/o | deep sleep |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | nervous sensation (feeling) |
-esthesia | nervous sensation (feeling) |
gli/o | glial cells; neurological cells (supportive tissue of nervous system) |
kines/o | movement |
kinesi/o | movement |
-kinesia | movement |
-kinesis | movement |
-kinetic | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word; phrase |
mening/o | meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain) |
meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain) |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
neur/o | nerve |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis; palsy |
pont/o | pons (a part of the brain) |
-praxia | action |
radicul/o | nerve root |
-sthenia | strength |
syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
tax/o | order; coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
BBB | blood brain barrier (not used, confused with bundle branch block |
CNS | central nervous system |
CT | [Computed Tomography] |
CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
EEG | electroencephalogram |
LP | lumbar puncture (spinal tap) |
MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
MRI | [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] |