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med term - c10 wpa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxi/o | anxious |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| crani/o | skull |
| dendr/o | tree-like; branches |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthes/o | nervous sensation |
| gangli/o | tumor; cystic tumor |
| gli/o | glue |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| isch/o | back; to hold back |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lex/o | word |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| megal/o | large; great; grand |
| mening/o | mininges |
| ment/o | mind |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
| 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 |
| synaps/o | point of contact; to join |
| syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
| tax/o | coordination; order |
| tempor/o | the temples |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (mininges) |
| traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
| troph/o | development; nourishment |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae; spinal column bones |
| af | toward; near |
| bi | two; both |
| con | together; with |
| dys | painful; difficult |
| ef | out of; outside |
| en | in; within |
| epi | on; over; upon |
| hemi | half |
| intra | within; into |
| micro | small |
| mono | one; single |
| par | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly | many; much |
| post | after; behind |
| quadri | four |
| soma | body |
| 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 |
| ferent | to carry |
| glia | glue |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ia | condition |
| ion | process; state; condition |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| lepsy | seizure |
| leptic | to seize; take hold of |
| logy | study of |
| lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| lytic | pertaining to breakdown or desturction |
| mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| orexia | appetite |
| osis | process; abnormal condition |
| paresis | weakness |
| pathy | disease |
| phasia | speech |
| phobia | fear |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| taxia | muscle coordination |
| tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| tropic | turning |
| um, us | structure; tissue; thing |
| AD | Alzheimer's |
| ADHD | attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| ASA | acetylsalicylic acid |
| ASD | autism spectrum disorder |
| CBT | cognitive-behavioral therapy |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| DTR | deep tendon reflex |
| ECT | electroconvulsive therapy |
| EDH | epidural hematoma |
| EEG | electroencephalogram |
| END | electroneurodiagnostic |
| FH | family history |
| GAD | generalized anxiety disorder |
| GB | guillain-barre |
| H&P | history and physical |
| HA | headache |
| HEENT | head, eye, ear, nose, throat |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| ICP | intracranial pressure |
| ID, IDD | intellectual disability; intellectual development disorder |
| LOC | level of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MG | myasthenia gravis |
| MMSE | mini-mental state exam |
| MS | multiple sclerosis |
| MSE | mental status exam |
| NCV | nerve conduction velocity |
| NVS | neuro vital signs |
| OCD | obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| OH | occupational history |
| OP | outpatient |
| P | pulse |
| PD | parkinson's disease; panic disorder |
| PE | physical examination |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PMH | past medical history |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
| R | right; respirations |
| R/O | rule out |
| RLE | right lower extremity |
| ROS | review of systems |
| s | without |
| SAD | seasonal affective disorder |
| SB | spina bifida |
| SCI | spinal cord injury |
| SDH | subdural hematoma |
| SH | social history |
| SNS | somatic nervous system |
| T | temperature |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| WNL | within normal limits |
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