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Medical Terminology
Unit 9 - Nervous System - Dictionary Exercise
Question | Answer |
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algesia | sensitivity to pain |
algia | pain |
cerebell/o | cerebellum (sara-bell-um) |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (sah-ree-brum) |
crain/o | cranium/skull |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesia (es-thee-jia) | capacity for sensastion and feeling (as in an-esthesia) |
gangli/o | ganglion |
kinesia | movement; motion |
lepsy | seziure |
medull/o | inner or deep part of organ ( med-eh-larry) |
mening/o | meninges |
myel/o | marrow |
neur/o | nerve; neural |
paresis | slight or partial paralysis |
phasia | speech disorder |
plegia | paralysis |
thalam/o | thalmus |
ton/o | tone, tension, presure |
ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain |