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medtermch12
Medical Terminology Chapter 12
Term | Definition |
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alges/o | sense of pain |
centr/o | center |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
concuss/o | shake violently |
encephala/o | brain |
mening/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
neur/o | nerve |
poli/o | gray matter |
depress/o | to press down |
psych/o | mind |
schiz/o | split |
esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
mening/o | meninges |
thalam/o | thalamus |
anxi/o | fear, worry |
hallucin/o | imagined perception |
obsess/o | besieged by thoughts |
-paresis | weakness |
-taxia | muscle coordination |
-lepsy | seizure |
-phoria | condition to bear |
-phasia | speech |
-trophic | pertaining to development |
-mania | frenzy |
-ion | action |
-algia | pain |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain |
analgesia | no pain |
aphasia | no speech (or unable to speak) |
ataxia | lack of muscle coordination |
hemiparesis | weakness on half of the body |
cephalgia | headache |
meningitis | infection of the meninges |