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mMed Term Rice Ch14
Medical Terminology Jane Rice Chapter 14 CF
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | little brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| chrom/o | color |
| cran/i | skull |
| crani/o | skull |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dur/o | dura, hard |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| gli/o | glue |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| lamin/o | thin plate |
| later/o | side |
| mening/i | membrane, meninges |
| mening/o | membrane, meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| neur/i | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spin/o | a thorn, spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vag/o | vagus, wandering |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| -phagia | to eat, swallow |
| -phasia | to speak, speech |
| -sthenia | strength (asthenia) |
| astro | star-shaped |
| concuss | shaken violently (concussion) |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| ganglion | knot |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| papill/o | papilla |
| ambul | to walk |
| cyt/o | cell |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| lob/o | lobe |
| pallid/o | globus pallidus |
| poli/o | gray |