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Nervous System
Nervous System medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot or knot-like mass) |
| gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor; numbness; sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| sthen/o | strength |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tension |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
| -algesia, -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -taxia | order, coordination |
| pachy- | thick |
| para- | near, beside; beyond |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| uni- | one |