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medtermch12
Medical Terminology Chapter 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alges/o | sense of pain |
| centr/o | center |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| concuss/o | shake violently |
| encephala/o | brain |
| mening/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| neur/o | nerve |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| depress/o | to press down |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
| mening/o | meninges |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| anxi/o | fear, worry |
| hallucin/o | imagined perception |
| obsess/o | besieged by thoughts |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -phoria | condition to bear |
| -phasia | speech |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| -mania | frenzy |
| -ion | action |
| -algia | pain |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain |
| analgesia | no pain |
| aphasia | no speech (or unable to speak) |
| ataxia | lack of muscle coordination |
| hemiparesis | weakness on half of the body |
| cephalgia | headache |
| meningitis | infection of the meninges |