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Medi Term Mod10
Combining form, suffixes & meanings
Question | Answer |
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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 |