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Terminology-Purple
prefixes, suffixes, combining form Nervous System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| aden/o | gland |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganlion/o | ganglion |
| ax/o | axis |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| caus/o | burning |
| caust/o | burning |
| kines/o | movement |
| kinet/o | movement |
| medull/o | medulla |
| ambul/o | walk |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| convolut/o | coiled, twisted |
| phot/o | light |
| cyst/o | bladder,pertaining to a tear |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| gli/o | glue |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| iris/o | iris |
| pseudo | false,fake |
| my/o | muscle |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| dendr/o | branching |
| encephal/o | brain |
| somn/o | sleep |
| narc/o | sleep |
| sulc/o | groove |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gyr/o | turning |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| radicul/o | nerve root, root |
| noct/o | night |
| neru/i | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| synapt/o | point of contact |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | tone |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyt/o | cell |
| plex/o | plexus network |
| necro- | death |
| brady- | slow |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive |
| uni- | one |
| dys- | painful,difficult |
| di- | double |
| -ia | condition of |
| -ism | condition of |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -oma | tumor |
| a- | without |
| an- | without |
| sub- | below,under |
| hypo- | below, deficient in |
| -pathy | disease |
| contra- | against |
| epi- | upon, above |
| para- | near, beside |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -dynia | pain |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal of |
| -ology | the study of |
| -tomy | incision |
| -phasia | speech |
| -malacia | softening |
| -asthenia | weakness, loss of strength |
| -penia | deficiency, decrease |
| -oid | resembling |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -osis | abnormanl condition of |
| syn- | together, joined |
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