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Chapter 5
Nervous system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| crani/o | head, skull |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gnosi/o | know |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| lob/o | lobe |
| mening/o | meninges, membrane |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| neur/o | nerve |
| paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
| phren/o | mind |
| piegia | paralysis |
| somn/o, somn/i | sleep |
| ton/o | muscle, tone, tension |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| anesthetic | a drug that causes loss of sensation |
| anticonvulsant | a drug that opposes convulsions |
| antidepressant | a drug that opposes depression |
| antipsychotic | a drug that opposes psychosis |
| anxiolytic | a drug that tessons anxiety |
| cephalalgia | head pain |
| cephalodynia | head pain |
| doritis | inflammation of the dura |
| encephalography | procedure for studying the brain |
| encephalopyosis | a puss filled abscess in the brain |
| hydrophobia | fear of water |
| idiopathic | having no known cause of origin |
| macrocephaly | abnormally large head |
| mylitis | inflammation of the spinal cord |
| myelocele | a hernia of the spinal cord |