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Nervous System
Nervous System medical terms
Term | Definition |
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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 |