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Med Term Ch 10
Chapter 10 Med Term (Nervous System)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cerebello/o | cerebellum |
| Cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| Dur/o | dura mater |
| Encephala/o | brain |
| Gli/o | glial cells |
| Lept/o | thin/slender |
| Mening/o | membranes/ meninges |
| Meningi/o | membranes/meninges |
| My/o | muscle |
| Myel/o | spinal cord |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Pont/o | pons |
| Radicul/o | nerve root of spinal nerves |
| Thalam/o | thalamus |
| Thec/o | sheath (of meninges) |
| Vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) |
| Alges/o | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| Caus/o | burning |
| Comat/o | deep sleep (coma) |
| Esthesi/o | feeling/nervous sensation |
| -esthesia | feeling/nervous sensation |
| Kines/o | movement |
| Kinesi/o | movement |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| Lex/o | word/phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| -stenia | strength |
| Syncope/o | to cut off/cut short |
| Tax/o | order/coordination |