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Nervous System Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| peri- | around |
| acous/o | hearing |
| A&P | auscultation and percussion |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| AC | air conduction |
| Acc | accommodation |
| -acusis | hearing |
| ADLs | activities of daily living |
| af- | toward |
| against, opposite | contra- |
| agora- | marketplace |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia, -algia | pain |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| AOM | acute otitis media |
| aque/o | water |
| ARMD, AMD | age related macular degeneration |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| AS | aortic stenosis, left ear |
| Ast | astigmatism |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| astr/o | star |
| AU | both ears |
| audi/o, audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o, auricul/o | ear |
| bad; painful; difficult | dys- |
| BC | bone conduction |
| bi- | two |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| cephal/o, -ceps | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o, chromat/o | colour |
| CK | creatine kinase, conductive keratoplasty |
| clon/o | clonus (turmoil) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| conjuctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| CT | computed tomography |
| -cusia, -cusis | hearing |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle |
| D | diopter (lens strength) |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| de- | cessation |
| dendr/o | tree |
| di-, dipl-, dipl/o | double |
| dur/o | duramater; hard |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| ear | aur/o |
| ec- | out, out from |
| ECCE | extrascapular cataract extraction |
| -ectomy | excison, removal |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| ef- | away from |
| Em | emmetropia |
| EMG | electromyography |
| encephal/o | brain |
| ENT | ears, nose, and throat |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| erythr/o | red |
| eso- | inward |
| esthes/o, -esthesia | feeling |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| -ferent | to carry |
| FH | family history |
| fluor/o | luminous, fluorescence |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot like mass) |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o, -glia | glue - neuroglial tissue |
| goni/o | angle |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| hallucin/o | hallucination |
| hedon/o | pleasure |
| hemi- | one half |
| hetero- | different |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| intra- | in, within |
| IOL | intraocular |
| -ion | the act of |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| irid/o | iris |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| kinesi/o, -kinesia | movement |
| klept/o | to steal |
| labyrinth/o | labrynth, inner ear |
| lacrim/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, gland, or sac) |
| -lalia | speech, babble |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| lt | left |
| -lucent | to shine; clear |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -mania | state of mental disorder, frenzy |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| medull/o | medulla |
| MEG | magnetoencephalography |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| ment/o | mind |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiogram |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungas |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| narc/o | stupor; numbness; sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| NIHL | noise-induced hearing loss |
| noct/o, nyctal/o | night |
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