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Nervous System
Purple Mod-Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambul/o | walk |
| aden/o | gland |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| ax/o | axis, axon |
| caus/o | burning |
| cephal/o | head |
| caust/o | burning |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| contus/o | bruise |
| convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
| cortic/o | cortex/outer region |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dur/o | dura mater, hard |
| dendr/o | tree |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot-like mass) |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | glue, neurological tissue |
| gyr/o | turning, folding |
| iris/o | iris |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | movement |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes that cover brain and spinal cord) |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| neur/i | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phot/o | light |
| plex/o | network, plexus |
| poli/o | gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
| pseud/o | false, fake |
| somn/o | sleep |
| sulc/o | groove |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| ton/o | tension |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (brain or heart) |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -cele | herniation, hernia |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -ia | c/o |
| -ism | c/o |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | ab c/o |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | decrease, deficiency |
| -phasia | speech |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -tomy | incision |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | agaisnt, opposite |
| di- | double |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| necro- | death |
| para- | beside, next to |
| sub- | under, below |
| syn- | union, teogether, joined |
| uni- | one |
| aque/o | water |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| ametr/o | out of proportion |
| anis/o | unequal |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| canth/o | corner of the eye |
| chlor/o | green |
| choroid/o | choroids |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| cochle/o | cochlea, spiral |
| conjuncticv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| dipl/o | double |
| erthr/o | red |
| fove/o | pit |
| ir/o | iris |
| irit/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea, heard, horny |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth, inner ear |
| lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
| macul/o | spot |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| mon/o | one |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| mon/o | one |
| noct/o | night |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| opthalm/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| ot/o | hearing, ear |
| phac/o | lens of the eye |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| presby/o | old age |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| scler/o | sclera, white of the eye |
| staped/o | stapes |
| strab/o | squint-eyed |
| tars/o | edge of eyelid |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| vitre/o | vitreous humor, glassy |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -pexy | put in place, fixation |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument to view |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tropia | turning |
| bi- | double |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward |
| extra- | on the outside |
| intra- | within, in |
| mono- | one |
| Acc | Accomodation |
| AD | Right Ear |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig Disease) |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| AS | Left Ear |
| AU | Both Ears |
| BC | Bone Conduction |
| BEAM | Brain Electrical Activity Mapping |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CP | Cerebral Palsy |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| EENT | Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat |
| EMG | Electromyography |
| ENT | Ears, Nose and Throat |
| EOM | Extraocular Movement |
| HNP | Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (herniated disk) |
| ICP | Intracranial Pressure |
| IOP | Intraocular Pressure |
| LOC | Loss Of Consciousness |
| LP | Lumbar Puncture |
| MRA | Magnetic Resonance Angiogram |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
| Myop | Myopia (nearsightedness) |
| os | mouth |
| OS | Left Eye |
| OU | Both Eyes |
| PERRLA | Pupils, Equal, Round, and Reactive, To Light, And Accomodation |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement |
| SNS | Sympathetic Nervous System |
| ST | Esotropia |
| TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
| VA | Visual Activity |
| VF | Visual Field |
| XT | Exotropia |
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