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Word Elements
The Nervous System
Question | Answer |
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a- | without |
an- | without |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
alges/o | sensititivity to pain |
-algia | pain |
brady- | slow |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
crani/o | cranium |
encephal/o | brain |
-esthesia | sensation or feeling |
esthesi/o | sensation or feeling |
gli/o | pertaining to neuroglia cells |
-kinesia | movement |
kinesi/o | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lexia | reading |
mening/o | meninges |
myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
narc/o | sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-praxia | perform |
-sthenia | strength |
thec/o | sheath |
ton/o | tension |
vetricul/o | ventricle |