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nerve word parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| neur/o | Nerve |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| mening/o | Meninges (membranes around brain and spinal cord) |
| myel/o | Spinal cord |
| radicul/o | Nerve root |
| rhiz/o | Nerve root |
| crani/o | Skull |
| cerebr/o | Cerebrum (brain) |
| psych/o | Mind |
| phas/o | Speech |
| lex/o | Word; reading |
| tax/o | Coordination; order |
| gnos/o | Knowledge; recognition |
| esthesi/o | Feeling; sensation |
| algesi/o | Pain sensitivity |
| somn/o | Sleep |
| narc/o | Sleep; stupor |
| kinesi/o | Movement |
| electr/o | Electricity |
| hydr/o | Water; fluid |
| hemat/o | Blood |
| a- | Without; absence of |
| an- | Without; absence of |
| dys- | Difficult; painful; abnormal |
| hyper- | Excessive |
| hypo- | Below normal |
| hemi- | Half |
| mono- | One |
| para- | Beside; lower half |
| quadri- | Four |
| poly- | Many |
| intra- | Within |
| epi- | Above; upon |
| photo- | Light |
| -algia | Pain |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -paresis | Weakness; partial paralysis |
| -phobia | Fear; aversion |
| -logy | Study of |
| -logist | Specialist |
| -logram | Record |
| -gram | Record |
| -otomy | Incision into |
| -scopy | Process of examining |
| -scope | Instrument used to examine |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -esthesia | Sensation |
| -esthetic | Relating to sensation |
| -lexia | Reading |
| -phasia | Speech |
| -praxia | Movement |
| -gnosia | Recognition |
| -cele | Hernia; protrusion |