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Nervous System Terms
For HLTH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algesia | pain, sensitivity |
| alges/o | pain, sensitivity |
| atel/o | incomplete, imperfect |
| -bulia | will |
| -boulia | will |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| -crasia | mixture (good or bad), temperament |
| drom/o | running |
| drome | running |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
| -esthesia | sensation, feeling |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglia |
| heli/o | sun |
| hydr/o | water, hydrogen |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| hypothalam/o | hypothalamus |
| keraun/o | lightning |
| klept/o | theft, stealing |
| -lemma | confining membrane |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -lexia | speech, word |
| log/o | word, speech, thought |
| -log | word, speech, thought |
| -logue | word, speech, thought |
| -mania | madness, obsessive preoccupation |
| medull/o | medulla, marrow |
| mening/o | meninges, membrane |
| ment/o | mind |
| -mnesia | memory |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness, stupor |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noci- | to cause harm, injury or pain |
| -noia | mind, will |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| phaner/o | visible, apparent |
| -phobia | fear, aversion |
| phob/o | fear, aversion |
| phren/o | mind, diaphragm |
| picr/o | bitter |
| peiz/o | pressure |
| pies/i | pressure |
| -piesis | pressure |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| poli/o | gray (matter) |
| -pore | opening, passageway |
| -praxia | action, activity |
| psych/o | mind |
| psychr/o | cold |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rhiz/o | root |
| schiz/o | split, division |
| somn/i | sleep |
| -somnia | sleep |
| syring/o | tube, fistula |
| tauto- | identical, same |
| -taxia | arrangement, coordination |
| tax/o | arrangement, coordination |
| tel/o | end |
| tephr/o | gray (matter) |
| thanat/o | death |
| thec/o | sheath |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |