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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| para- | Beyond, around; abnormal |
| -algesia | sensitivity to pain; sensitive |
| -cele | hernia |
| -praxia | to perform |
| -paresis | slight paralysis; intermittent |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| agles/o | sensitive pain |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | hard |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | ganglion |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | gluey substance; sticky |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| mon/o | single; unity |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | structure in the brain |
| psych/o | mind |
| quadr/i | four |
| radic/o | root nerve |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rhiz/o | nerve root |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| yag/o | vagus nerve |