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Medical Terminology
Unit 9 - Nervous System - Dictionary Exercise
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| algia | pain |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (sara-bell-um) |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (sah-ree-brum) |
| crain/o | cranium/skull |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesia (es-thee-jia) | capacity for sensastion and feeling (as in an-esthesia) |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| kinesia | movement; motion |
| lepsy | seziure |
| medull/o | inner or deep part of organ ( med-eh-larry) |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | marrow |
| neur/o | nerve; neural |
| paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| phasia | speech disorder |
| plegia | paralysis |
| thalam/o | thalmus |
| ton/o | tone, tension, presure |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain |