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Nervous System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| bi- | Two; both |
| con- | Together; with |
| dys- | Painful; difficult |
| en- | In; within |
| epi- | In; 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 |
| -esthisia | Feeling; sensation |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ion | Process; state; condition |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -leptic | To sieze; take hold of |
| -lysis | Breakdown; speration; loosening |
| -lytic | Pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -orexia | Appetite |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -paresis | Weakness |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -rrhagic | Pertaing to bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -sclerosis | Hardening; thickening |
| -taxia | Muscle coordination |
| -tropic | Turning |
| -um, -us | Structure; tissue; thing |
Created by:
Megan Nguyen
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