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HLHS 101 CH 5
Medical Terminology NERVOUS SYSTEM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebr/o, enchephal/o | brain |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| lob/o | lobe |
| cephal/o | head |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges (membrane around brain and spinal cord) |
| dur/o | dura |
| neur/o | nerve |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| phas/o | speech |
| phren/o, psych/o | mind |
| somn/o, somn/i, hypn/o | sleep |
| gnosi/o | know |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| -phobia | excessive fear or sensitivity |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension, pressure |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| head, head/skull, brain, little brain | cephal/o, cerebr/o, cerebell/o |
| removal of a lobe | lobectomy |
| abnormally large head condition | macrocephalus |
| blood tumor beneath dura | subdural hematosis |
| inability to speak | aphasia |
| difficulty speaking (bad speech condition) | dysphasia |
| root for nerve bundle | gangli/a |
| root for spinal cord or bone marrow | myel/o |
| root for feeling, sensation | esthesi/o |
| hypnotic - root | hypn/o = sleep |
| weak voice | phonasthenia |
| brief loss of mental function | delirium |
| loss/decline in mental function | dementia |
| difficulty speaking | dys/phas/ia |
| head pain | cephalalgia cephalodynia |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
| ultasound of brain | echoencephalography |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| condition one sensation is experienced as another | synesthesia |
| brain hernia | encephalocele |
| pronunciation of meningocele | meh-NIN-goh-seel |
| G before AOU | GUH |
| G before IEY | JUH |
| JUH - g before ??? | g before iey |
| GUH - g before ??? | g before auo |
| inflammation of multiple nerves | polyneuritis |
| nerve tumor | neuroma |
| lack of emotion | apathy |
| nerve weakness | neurasthenia NIR-as-THEN-ee-ah |
| neuroglycopenia | deficiency of sugar that interferes with normal brain activity |
| NYSTAGMUS | involuntary back and forth eye movements |
| aneurysm | weakening of an artery wall that creates a bulge, or distention, of the artery |
| blockage of a blood vessel in the brain caused by a clot | cerebral thrombosis |
| nerve bundle tumor | ganglioma = GAN-glee-OH-mah |
| preictal | before seizure |
| interictal | during seizure |
| postictal | after seizure |
| neuroarthropathy - break it down | neuro/arthro/pathy |
| drug that causes loss of sensation | anesthetic |
| incision into the skull | craniotomy |
| removal of a piece of the skull | craniectomy |
| TIA | Transient ischemic attack. Mini stroke. Temporary. |
| pharm/a | medicine |
| CVA | stroke |
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