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Nervous System
Combining forms Nervous System
Term | Definition |
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algesi/o | sense of pain |
atel/o | incomplete |
brachi/o | arm |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
crani/o | cranium(skull) |
dur/o | dura |
encephal/o | brain |
gangli/o | ganglion |
gli/o | glue,neuroglia |
kinesi/o | movement |
lept/o | slender,thin,delicate |
medull/o | medulla |
mening/o | meninges |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
narc/o | stupor,numbing,sleep |
neur/o | nerve,nervous system |
phas/o | speech |
plex/o | network,tangle,braid |
poli/o | gray matter |
pont/o | pons |
radicul/o | nerve roots |
tax/o | order,coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus,chamber |
thec/o | meninges |
ton/o | tone,tension,pressure |
ventricul/o | ventricle(of heart or brain) |
-asthenia | loss of strength |
-algesia,-algia | pain |
-esthesia | feeling,sensation |
-kinesia | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
-lexia | speech |
-paresis | slight paralysis |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-plexy | stroke,seizure |
-praxia | action |
-taxia | coordination |
-trophy | development,nourishment |