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Nervous System
| 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 |
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