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Nervous
Chapter 9, Combining words and roots.
Term | Definition |
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anxi/o | anxious; uneasy |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
contus/o | to bruise |
crani/o | skull |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
esthes/o, esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
gli/o glue hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
isch/o | back; to hold back |
lamin/o | lamina (thin plate or layer; arch) |
lex/o | word |
medull/o | medulla oblongata |
mening/o, meningi/o | meninges |
neur/o | nerve |
phas/o | speech |
phob/o | fear |
phren/o | mind |
pol/o | extreme |
poli/o | gray matter |
pont/o | pons |
psych/o | mind |
radicul/o | nerve root |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
synaps/o, synapt/o | point of contact; to join |
syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
tax/o | coordination; order |
tempor/o | the temples |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
troph/o | development; nourishment |
ventricul/o | ventricle |