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Medical terminology
Nervous System
Term | Definition |
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-algesia, alges/o | pain sensitivity |
astr/o | star, star-shaped |
atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
-bulia, -boulia | will |
cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
-crasia | mixture, temperament |
drom/o, -drome | running |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o, -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion |
gli/o | glue, neuroglia |
heli/o | sun |
hydr/o | water, hydrogen |
hypn/o | sleep |
hypothalam/o | hypothalamus |
keraun/o | lightning |
klept/o | theft, stealing |
-lemma | confining membrane |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lexia | speech, word |
log/o, -log, -logue | word, speech, thought |
-mania | madness, obsesive preoccupation |
medull/o | medulla, marrow |
mening/o | meninges, membranes |
ment/o | mind |
-mnesia | memory |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
narc/o | numbness, stupor |
neur/o | nerve |
noci- | to cause harm, injury or pain |
-noia | mind, will |
-paresis | partial paralysis |
phaner/o | visible, apparent |
-phobia, - phob/o | fear, aversion |
phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
picr/o | bitter |
piez/o, pies/i, -piesis | pressure |
-plegia | paralysis |
poli/o | grey |
-pore | opening, passageway |
-praxia | action, activity |
psych/o | mind |
psychr/o | cold |
radicul/o | nerve root |
rhiz/o | root |
schiz/o | split division |
somn/i, -somnia | sleep |
syring/o | tube, fistula |
tauto- | identical, same |
-taxia, tax/o | arrangement, coordination |
tel/o | end |
tephr/o | grey ( ashen) |
thant/o | death |
thec/o | sheath |
vag/o | vagus nerve |