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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mania | desire |
| gnosio | knowledge |
| phobia | fear |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| plegia | complete paralysis |
| asthenia | weakness |
| phono | sound or voice |
| delirium | confused |
| dysphasia | abnormal speech |
| catatonia | less muscle tone |
| dyskinesia | abnormal movement |
| clonus | twitching |
| somnabulism | sleep-walking |
| syncope | fainting |
| cephalodynia | headache |
| cephalagia | head pain |
| pseudo | false |
| encephalagia | brain pain |
| acro | height |
| neuralgia | nerve pain |
| lumbar puncture | lower back puncture |
| myelogram | instrument to record spine |
| cerebral angiography | recording of the brain |
| cranial hematoma | bruising of the brain |
| epidural hematoma | bruising above the brain |
| intracerebral hematoma | bruising inside the brain |
| subdural hematoma | bruising below the brain |
| gylco | sugar |
| penia | deficiency |
| nystagmus | rapid eye movement |
| neurogenic | creation of nerves |
| psychogenic | creation of the mind |
| soma | body |
| psychosomatic | -ic body and mind |
| ictal | seizure |
| preictal | before seizure |
| interictal | during seizure |
| postical | after seizure |
| thrombus | blood clot |
| aneurysm | abnormal dilation of blood vessels |
| embolus | moving clot |
| crainostenosis | narrowing of the skull |
| crainosynostesis | fusion of the skull bones |
| hyperopia | far sight |
| akinetopsia | unable to see moving objects |
| blepharo | eye lid |
| conjunctino | conjunctiva/conjunctivitis (pink eye) |
| edema | swelling |
| vitro | vitreous body |
| cyclo | ciliary body |
| retino | retina |
| iro, irido | iris |
| phaco/phako | lens |
| ocul/o, opthalm/o, opt/o | eye |
| lacrimation | tears forming |
| dacryorrhea | tears flowing |
| rexia/phagia | eat |