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Week 6 - HLHS
Various Common Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dura | tough out membrane surrounding brain and spinal cord |
| myel/o | innermost part (often referring to bone marrow and spinal cord) |
| somn/i, somn/o | root for sleep (insomnia = no / sleep / condition) |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination (ataxia = no / coordination) |
| Ceph/a | head |
| Enceph/a | brain ( think en-in, chepha=head) |
| -dynia, -algia | pain |
| Break down "hemiparesis" | half / partial paralysis (partial paralysis of half the body) |
| caus- | burn (causalgia = burning pain) |
| -esthesia | sensation (psuedesthesia = false sensation) |
| agora- | market place (There are ruins in Athens with various names for what the purpose of the building(s) was/were. The Agora is a huge tourist area you can actually still walk through!) |
| echo- | sound waves |