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Nevous system
things that has to do with nerves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxi/o | anxious; uneasy |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crani/o | skull |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthes/o: esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| gil/o | glue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| isch/o | back: to hold back |
| lammin/o | lamina( thin plate or layer; arch) |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o, medningi/o | meninges |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| phob/o | fear |
| pol/o | extreme |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| psych/o | mind |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| schiz/o | split |
| somat/o | body |
| synaps/o | point of contact; to join |
| 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 ( meanings) |
| traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
| troph/o | development; nourishment |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| bi- | two; both |
| con- | together; both |
| 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- | bellow: under |
| - al. -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain; sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -e | ( noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| - ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -iepsy | seizure |
| - leptic | to seize; take hold of |
| - lysis | breakdown;separation; loosening |
| - lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -orexia | appetite |
| - paresis | weakness |
| -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 |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| phren/o | mind |
| -osis | abnormal condition |