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MOD A
Unit #4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| cephal/o | head |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -graphy | process of recording "a picture or record" |
| hyper- | over, above, beyond, excessive |
| -ia | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of, condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| hemi- | half |
| -osis | disease (abnormal condition) |
| macro- | large |
| neur/o | nerves, nervous tissue |
| -otomy | surgical incisiion into |
| -pathy | disease, suffering |
| thromb/o | clot |
| quadr/i | four |
| -us | thing |
| crani/o | skull |
| ag-, al-, an- | toward, increasing |
| anencephaly | absense of the brain and spinal cord |
| encepahalography | study of the brain (radiographic) |
| aphasia | inability to communicate through speech |
| agraphia | the inability to convert one's thoughts into writing |
| agnosia | loss of mental ability to understand loss of sensory stimuli (such as sight, sound speech) |
| dementia | deteriorating memory |
| cephalalgia | headache |
| macrocephalus | abnormally large head |
| hyperesthesia | excessive sensitivity to sensory stimuli (such as pain or tuch) |
| -gnosia | recognize |
| phas/o | speech |
| meninges | three layers of memebranes that surround the brain and spinal cord |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four extremities and trunk |
| paresthesia | sensation of numbness |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the lower extremities and trunk |
| aneurysm | dilation of the wall of an artery |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| -plegia | paralysis, (stroke, palsy) |
| par/a | near, beside |
| narc/o | numbness |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| thrombosis | blood clot |
| syncope | fainting |
| deficit | a deficiency |
| embol/o | debris (something inserted or thrown in) |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of one side of the body |
| narcolepsy | sudden, daytime sleep |
| neuropathy | disease of the nervous systeme |
| encephalitis | inflammmation of the brain or spinal cord |
| craniotomy | surgical incision into the cranium or skull |
| bradykinesia | abnormally slow movement |
| dysphasia | difficult speech |
| embolism | a moving clot (abnormal condition in which a blood clot becomes lodged in a blood vessel) |
| a- | away from negative, without |
| dys- | pain |
| brady- | slow |
| -algia | pain |
| an- | without, no, not |
Created by:
tbarger
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