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Nervous system
Medical Terminology Root Words
Term | Definition |
---|---|
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | little brain |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cran/i | skull |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dendr/o | tree |
disk/o | disk |
dur/o | dura/ hard |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | feeling |
fibr/o | fiber |
gli/o | glue |
hypn/o | sleep |
lamin/o | thin plate |
later/o | side |
lob/o | lobe |
mening/i | membrane, meninges |
mening/o | membrane, meninges |
ment/o | mind |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
narc/o | numbness, sleep, stupor |
neur/o | nerve |
pallid/o | globus pallidus |
papill/o | papilla |
poli/o | gray |
somn/o | sleep |
spin/o | thorn, spine |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
vag/o | vagus, wondering |
ventricul/o | ventricle |