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Word Parts
Nervous System Word Parts
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Anix/o | anxious; uneasy |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
Cerebr/o | cerebrum |
Contus/o | to bruise |
crani/o | skull |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
esthes/o, esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
gli/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 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 (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 | noun suffix with no meaning |
-emic | pertaining to blood |
-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 | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-taxia | muscle coordination |
-tropic | turning |
-um, -us | suture; tissue; thing |