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nervous system
wood parts and nerves and problems with nerves
Term | Definition |
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anxi/0 | anxious; uneasy |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
crani/o | skull |
dur/o | dura mater |
encenphal/o | brain |
esthes/o; esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
gil/o | glue |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
isch/o | back; to hold back |
lamin/o | lamina( thin plate or layer; arch ) |
lex/o | word |
medull/o | medulla oblongata |
mening/o; meningi/o | meninges |
neur/o | nerve |
phas/o | speech |
phob/o | fear |
phren/o | mind |
pol/o | extreme |
poli/o | gray vmaatter |
pont/o | pons |
psych/o | mind |
radicul/o | nerve root |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
synaps/o: synapt/o | point of contact; to join |
syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
tax/o | coordination: order |
tempor/o | the temples |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath ( meninges ) |
traumat/o | trauma: injury; wound |
troph/o | development; nourishment |
ventricul//o | ventricle |
bi- | two: both |
con- | together: with |
dys- | painful; difficult |
en- | in: within |
epi- | on; over; upon |
hemi- | half |
intra- | within; into |
mono- | one: single |
par-, para- | near: beside: alongside: beyond: abnormal |
poly- | many; much |
post- | after: behind |
quadri- | four |
sub- | below: under |
-al. -ar. -eal, ial, -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
- algesia | pain; sensitivity |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-cele | hernia; swelling: protrusion |
-e | ( nous suffix with no meaning ) |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
-esthesia | feeling: sensation |
- ia | condition |
- ion | process; state; condition |
-lepsy | seizure |
-leptic | to seize; take hold of |
-lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
-lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
-orexia | appetite |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-paresis | incomplete or partial paralysis |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth ( of blood ) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-taxia | muscle coordination |
-tropic | turning |
-um. -us | structure; tissue; thing |