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Nervous System

word parts and vocabulary associated with the nervous system

TermDefinition
alges/o sense of pain
angi/o vessel
arteri/o artery
astr/o star
cephal/o head
cerebell/o cerebellum
cerebr/o cerebrum
clon/o rapid contracting and relaxing
cyt/o cell
dur/o dura mater
electr/o electricity
encephal/o brain
esthes/o sensation, feeling
gli/o glue
hemat/o blood
isch/o to hold back
later/o side
lumb/o low back
medull/o medulla oblongata
mening/o meninges
meningi/o meninges
my/o muscle
myel/o spinal cord
neur/o nerve
poli/o gray matter
pont/o pons
radicul/o nerve root
scler/o hard
spin/o spine
thalam/o thalamus
thec/o sheath
tom/o to cut
ton/o muscle tone
vascul/o blood vessel
ventricul/o ventricle
-algia pain
-asthesia weakness
-cele protrusion
-ectomy surgical removal
-gram record
-graphy process of recording
-ia state, condition
-itis inflammation
-logy study of
-oma tumor, swelling
-osis abnormal condition
-otomy cutting into
-paresis weakness
-pathy disease
-phasia speech
-plasty surgical repair
-plegia paralysis
-rrhaphy suture
-taxia muscle coordination
-trophic pertaining to development
a- without
an- without
anti- against
bi- two
dys- abnormal, difficult
endo- within
epi- above
hemi- half
hydro- water
hyper- excessive
intra- within
mono- one
para- abnormal, two like parts of a pair
poly- many
quadri- four
semi- partial
sub- below
un- not
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