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10.1 Neurology
Combining Forms for the Neurology Unit.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| access/o | supplemental or contributing part |
| affer/o | bring toward the center |
| alg/o | pain |
| alges/o | sensation |
| angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| arachn/o | spider;spider web |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arter/o | artery |
| astr/o | starlike structure |
| audit/o | the sense of hearing |
| autonom/o | independent; self-governing |
| axi/o | axis |
| blast/o | immature; embryonic |
| bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caus/o | burning |
| cavit/o | hollow space |
| cav/o | hollow space |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) rapid contracting and relaxing |
| clon/o | rapid contracting and relaxing |
| cochle/o | cochlea (of the inner ear) |
| comat/o | unconsciousness |
| concuss/o | viloent shaking or jarring |
| conduct/o | carrying; conveying |
| contus/o | bruising |
| convuls/o | seizure |
| cortic/o | cortex (outer region) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dendr/o | branching structure |
| diabet/o | diabetes |
| disk/o | disk |
| dors/o | back; dorsum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| effer/o | go out from the center |
| electr/o | electricity |
| emiss/o | to send out |
| encephal/o | brain |
| ependym/o | cellular lining |
| epilept/o | seizure |
| esthes/o | sensation; feeling |
| esthet/o | sensation; feeling |
| excis/o | to cut out |
| express/o | communicate |
| faci/o | face |
| fibrill/o | muscle fiber; nerve fiber |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fiss/o | splitting |
| foc/o | point of activity |
| format/o | structure; arrangement |
| front/o | front |
| gemin/o | set or group |
| gli/o | cells that provide support |
| glob/o | shaped like a globe; comprehensive |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lumb/o | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
| magnet/o | magnet |
| malgin/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| man/o | thin; frenzy |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind; chin |
| micr/o | one millionth; small |
| mot/o | movement |
| myelin/o | myelin |
| myel/o | bone nmarrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| my/o | muscle |
| narc/o | stupor; sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nerv/o | nerve |
| nuch/o | neck |
| occipit/o | occiput (back of the head) |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olfact/o | the sense of smell |
| olig/o | scanty; few |
| opt/o | eye; vision |
| pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
| pathet/o | suffering |
| peripher/o | outer aspects |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phas/o | speech |
| phob/o | fear; avoidance |
| phot/o | light |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| potent/o | being capable of doing |
| psych/o | mind |
| punct/o | hole; perforation |
| radicul/o | spinal nerve root |
| recept/o | recieve |
| ratard/o | slow down; delay |
| rhiz/o | spinal nerve root |
| scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sect/o | to cut |
| sen/o | old age |
| sens/o | sensation |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spast/o | spasm |
| spin/o | spine;backbone |
| stere/o | three dimensions |
| surg/o | operative procedure |
| syncop/o | fainting |
| tact/o | touch |
| techn/o | techincal skill |
| tempor/o | temple (side of the head) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| tom/o | cut; slice; layer |
| ton/o | pressure; tone |
| tract/o | pulling |
| transmitt/o | to send across or through |
| trochle/o | structure shaped like a pulley |
| gustat/o | the sense of taste |
| hemat/o | blood |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hydr/o | water; fluid |
| ict/o | seizure |
| infarct/o | area of dead tissue |
| isch/o | keep back; block |
| lamin/o | lamina (flat area on the vertebra) |
| lex/o | word |
| troph/o | development |
| vag/o | wandering; vagus nerve |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain) |
| ventr/o | front; abdomen |
| vestibul/o | vestibule (entrance) |
| vis/o | sight; vision |
| log/o | word; the study of |
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