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Chabner12-Ch10Parts

Chabner, Language of Medicine 12th Ed, Chapter 10 - Word Parts & Abbrev

TermDefinition
alges/o sensitivity to pain
-algesia sensitivity to pain
-algia pain
-blast embryonic; immature cell
caus/o burn; burning
cerebell/o cerebellum (posterior part of brain)
cerebr/o cerebrum (largest part of brain)
comat/o deep sleep
dur/o dura mater
encephal/o brain
esthesi/o nervous sensation (feeling)
-esthesia nervous sensation (feeling)
gli/o glial cells; neurological cells (supportive tissue of nervous system)
kines/o movement
kinesi/o movement
-kinesia movement
-kinesis movement
-kinetic movement
-lepsy seizure
lept/o thin, slender
lex/o word; phrase
mening/o meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain)
meningi/o meninges (membranes covering spinal cord and brain)
my/o muscle
myel/o spinal cord; bone marrow
neur/o nerve
-paresis weakness
-phasia speech
-plegia paralysis; palsy
pont/o pons (a part of the brain)
-praxia action
radicul/o nerve root
-sthenia strength
syncop/o to cut off; cut short; faint
tax/o order; coordination
thalam/o thalamus
thec/o sheath
vag/o vagus nerve
BBB blood brain barrier (not used, confused with bundle branch block
CNS central nervous system
CT [Computed Tomography]
CSF cerebrospinal fluid
CVA cerebrovascular accident
EEG electroencephalogram
LP lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
MRA magnetic resonance angiography
MRI [Magnetic Resonance Imaging]
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