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medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| neur/o | nerve |
| Neuralgia | nerve pain |
| neuropathy | nerve disease |
| gangli/o | nerve bundle |
| ganglion | pertaining to a nerve bundle |
| gangliitis | inflammation of a ganglion |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myelitis | inflammation of the spinal cord |
| myelodysplasia | defective formation of the spinal cord |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| anesthesia | lack of sensation |
| hyperesthesia | increased sensitivity to stimuli |
| phas/o | speech |
| aphasia | lack of speech |
| phren/o psych/o | mind |
| phrenetic | pertaining to the mind |
| psychology | study of the mind |
| somn/o somn/i hypn/o | sleep |
| somnography | process of recording sleep |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| hypnosis | condition of sleep |
| gnosi/o | knowledge |
| agnosia | lack of knowledge |
| diagnosis | what the health care professional thinks a patient has |
| prognosis | the chances of things getting better or worse |
| -mania | excessive desire |
| pyromania | desire to set fire |
| kleptomania | desire to steal |
| -phobia | excessive fear or sensitivity |
| photophobia | fear of light, also hypersensitivity to light |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| -paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| hemiparesis | slight paralysis on one side of the body(right or left) |
| ton/o | muscle tone, tension, pressure |
| dystonia | abnormal tone |
| tonograph | machine that records muscle tone |
| tax/o | arrangement, order, coordination |
| ataxia | abscence of movement |
| hypotaxia | reduced movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| quadriplegia | paralysis in four limbs |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| myasthenia | weakness of muscles |
| phonasthenia | weakness of the voice |