Term | Definition |
astr- | starlike |
ax- | axle |
cephal- | head |
chiasm- | cross |
dendr- | tree |
ependym- | tunic |
flacc- | flabby |
funi- | small cord or fiber |
gangli- | a swelling |
-lemm | rind or peel |
mening- | membrane |
moto- | moving |
multi- | many |
oligo- | few |
peri- | all around |
plex- | interweaving |
saltador- | a dancer |
sens- | feeling |
syn- | together |
uni- | one |
ventr- | belly or stomach |
analgesia | loss or reduction in the ability to sense pain, but without loss of consciousness |
analgesic | pain-relieving drug |
anesthesia | loss of feeling |
aphasia | disturbance or loss of the ability to use words or to understand them, usually due to damage to cerebral association areas |
apraxia | impairment in the ability to use objects |
ataxia | partial or complete inability to coordinate voluntary movements |
cerebral palsy | partial paralysis and lack of muscular coordination caused by damage to the cerebrum |
coma | unconscious condition in which a person does not respond to stimulation |
cordotomy | surgical procedure that serves a nerve tract within the spinal cord to relieve intractable pain |
craniotomy | surgical procedure that opens part of the skull |
electroencephalogram | recording of the brain's electrical activity |
encephalitis | inflammation of the brain and meninges, producing drowsiness and apathy |
epilepsy | disorder of the central nervous system that temporarily disturbs brain impulses, producing convulsive seizures and loss of consciousness |
hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body and the limbs on that side |
huntington disease | inherited disorder of the brain causing involuntary dancelike movements and personality changes. |
laminectomy | surgical removal of the posterior arch of a vertebrae, usually to relieve of the symptoms of a ruptured intervertebral disc pressing on a spinal nerve |
monoplegia | paralysis of a single limb |
multiple sclerosis | loss of myelin and the appearance of scar-like patches throughout the brain and spinal cord or both. |
neuralgia | sharp, recurring pain associated with a nerve; usually caused by inflammation or injury |
neuritis | inflammation of a nerve |
paraplegia | paralysis of both lower limbs |
quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs |
vagotomy | surgical severing of a vagus nerve |