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chapter 16- nervous
medical terminology
Term | Definition |
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post- | after |
agles/o | sensitivity to pain |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura mater, hard |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | sensation, sensitivity |
gangli/o | ganglion |
gli/o | glia, gluey substance |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
mon/o | one, single |
myel/o | spinal cord |
neur/o | nerve |
phas/o | speech |
poli/o | gray matter |
pont/o | pons- structure in the brain |
psych/o | mind |
quadr/i | four |
radic/o | nerve root |
radicul/o | nerve root |
rhiz/o | nerve root |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
-iatrist | specialist, physician |
-iatry | specialty, treatment |
-ictal | seizure, attack |
-lepsy | seizure |
-logist | specialist, physician |
-malacia | softenting |