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Medical terminology
Nervous System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -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 |
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