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Medical Terminology Chapter 10 - Combining forms or Suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glial cell |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root (of spinal cord) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (refers to meninges) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) |
| alges/o, -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| caus/o | burning |
| esthesi/o, -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
| tax/o | order, coordination |
| ather/o | plaque |
| -blast | immature |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| em- | in |
| bol/o | cast or throw |