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nervous vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 ; estesi/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 | nerves |
| 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; to cut; 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 |
| bi- | two; both |
| con- | together; with |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| en- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hemi- | half |
| intra- | within; into |
| mono- | one; single |
| par- ; para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| quadri- | four |
| sub- | below; under |
| -al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain; sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | to seize; take hold of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -tropic | turning |
| -um, -us | structure; thing; tissue |
| EDH | epidural hematoma |
| PD | parkinson's disease; panic disorder |
| EEG | electroencephalogram diagnostic |
| PE | physical examination |
| END | electroneurodiagnostic |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| FH | family history |
| PMH | past medical history |
| GAD | generalized anxiety disorder |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| GB | guillain-barre |
| PTSD | post traumatic stress disorder |
| HA | headache |
| R | right; respiration |
| HEENT | head, eye, ear, nose, throat |
| RLE | right lower extremity |
| H&P | history and physical |
| R/O | rule out |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| ICP | intracranial pressure |
| s | without |
| ID, IDD | intellectual disability; intellectual development disorder |
| SAD | seasonal affective disorder |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| SH | social history |
| NCV | nerve conduction velocity |
| SNS | somatic nervous system |
| OCD | obsessive compulsive disorder |
| T | temperature |
| OH | occupational history |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| OP | outpatient |
| TIA | transient ischemic disease |
| P | pulse |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| SDH | subdural hematoma |
| SCI | spinal cord injury |
| MG | myasthenia |
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