Nervous System Combining Forms, Prefixes, Suffixes and Abbreviations
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| a- | without
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| para- | beside
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| dors/o, dors/i | back
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| dur/o | hard
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| encephal/o | brain
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| gli/o | glue
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| medull/o | medulla oblongata
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| mening/o meningi/o | meninges
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| myel/o | spinal cord
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| neur/o | nerve
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| phas/o | speech
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| poli/o | gray matter
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| pont/o | pons
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| radicul/o | nerve root
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| scler/o | hard
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| spin/o | spine
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| thec/o | sheath (meninges)
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| vascul/o | vessels
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| ventricul/o | brain ventricle
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| ventr/o | front
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algesia | pain, sensitivity
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| -cele | protrusion
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| -esthesia | feeling, sensation
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| -oma | growth/mass/tumor
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| -paresis | weakness
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| -phasia | speech
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -rrhage, rrhagia | bursting forth/profuse bleeding or leakage
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| -taxia | muscle coordination
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| ANS | autonomic nervous system
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| CNS | central nervous system
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| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid
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| CT | computerized tomography
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| CVA | cerebrovascular accident
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| CVD | cerebrovascular disease
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| EEG | electroencephalogram, electroencephalography
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| LP | lumbar puncture
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| PET | positron emission tomography
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| PNS | peripheral nervous system
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| TIA | transient ischemic attack
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| TENS | transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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| hemi- | half
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| inter- | between
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| intra- | within
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