| Question |
Answer |
| alges/o |
sensitivity to pain |
| angi/o |
vessel (blood) |
| caus/o |
burn, burning |
| cephal/o |
head |
| cerebell/o |
cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o |
cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| comat/o |
deep sleep
|
| crani/o |
skull |
| cry/o |
cold |
| dur/o |
dura mater |
| encephal/o |
brain |
| esthesi/o |
nervous sensation |
| gli/o |
glial cells; neuroglial cells (supportive tissue of nervous system) |
| hydr/o |
water, fluid |
| kines/o |
movement |
| kinesis/o |
movement |
| lept/o |
thin, slender |
| lex/o |
word, phrase |
| mening/o |
meninges (membrane covering the spinal cord and brain) |
| meningi/o |
meninges (membrane covering the spinal cord and brain) |
| my/o |
muscle |
| myel/o |
spinal cord, bone marrow |
| narc/o |
numbness, stupor, sleep |
| neur/o |
nerve |
| olig/o |
scanty |
| pont/o |
pons (a part of the brain) |
| radicul/o |
nerve root |
| spin/o |
spine, backbone |
| syncop/o |
to cut off, cut short, faint |
| tax/o |
order, coordination |
| thalam/o |
thalamus |
| thec/o |
sheath |
| troph/o |
nourishment, development |
| vag/o |
vagus nerve |
| a- |
no, not, without |
| an- |
no, not, without |
| dys- |
bad, painful, difficult |
| epi- |
above, upon, on |
| hemi- |
half |
| hyper- |
above, excessive, more than normal |
| hypo- |
deficient, below, less than normal, under |
| intra- |
within, into |
| micro- |
small |
| para- |
near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of |
| polio- |
gray matter, of the brain or spinal cord |
| poly- |
many, much |
| quadri- |
four |
| sub- |
under, below |
| algesia |
sensitivity to pain |
| -algia |
pain |
| -blast |
embryonic, immature cell |
| -cele |
hernia |
| -esthesia |
nervous sensation |
| -gram |
record |
| -graphy |
process of recording |
| -ine |
pertaining to |
| -itis |
inflammation |
| -kinesia |
movement |
| -kinesis |
movement |
| -kinetic |
movement |
| -lepsy |
seizure |
| -oma |
tumor, mass, swelling, fluid collection |
| -ose |
full of, pertaining to, sugar |
| -paresis |
weakness |
| -pathy |
disease condition, emotion |
| -phagia |
eating, swallowing |
| -phasia |
speech |
| -plegia |
paralysis, palsy |
| -ptosis |
droop, sag, prolapse, protrude |
| -sclerosis |
hardening |
| -sthenia |
strength |
| -tomy |
process of cutting |
| -trophy |
nourishment, development (condition of) |
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