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nervous system
common terminology (pharmacy)
| term | meaning |
|---|---|
| an/esthes/ia | lack of sensation |
| anti/depressant | drugs that counteracts depression |
| a/phas/ia | inability to speak |
| de/ment/ia | disorientation, confusion, loss of memory |
| dys/lex/ia | difficulty reading |
| encephal/itis | inflammation of the brain |
| epi/lepsy | disorder with recurrent seizures |
| mening/itis | inflammation of the meninges |
| neur/algia | sever pain along a nerve |
| neur/oma | tumor of nerve cells |
| para/lysis | breaking down of motor control |
| poli/o/mye/litis | viral disease that attacks the central nervous system |
| psych/osis | mind disorder |