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Medterm Chap10
ocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anix/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/layer, arch |
| lex/o | word |
| mecull/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 |
| syanps/o, synapt/o | point of contract, 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- | 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, tissue, thing |
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