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med term
nervous system word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxi/o | anxious, uneasy |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| crani/o | skull |
| dur/o | dura matter |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthes/o or esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| gli/o | glue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| isch/o | back, to hold back |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin plate or layer, arch) |
| lex/o | word |
| medull/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 |
| synaps/o or synapt/o | point of contact, to join |
| syncope/o | to cut off, to cut short, faint |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| tempor/o | temples |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| traumat/o | trauma, injury, wound |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |