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Medi Term Mod10
Combining form, suffixes & meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cerebell/o | cerebelum |
| cerebr/p | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root(of spinal nerves) |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath(refers to the meninges) |
| vag/o | vagus nerve(10th cranial nerve) |
| alges/o-algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| caus/o | burning |
| comat/o | deep sleep/coma |
| esthesi/o-esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| kines/o; kenesi/o; -kinesia; -kinesis; -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis(loss/impairment of ability to move parts of the body) |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strength |
| syncop/o | to cut off/cut short |
| tax/o | order, coordination |