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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term | Definition |
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para- | Beyond, around; abnormal |
-algesia | sensitivity to pain; sensitive |
-cele | hernia |
-praxia | to perform |
-paresis | slight paralysis; intermittent |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
agles/o | sensitive pain |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | hard |
encephal/o | brain |
esthesi/o | ganglion |
gangli/o | ganglion |
gli/o | gluey substance; sticky |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
mon/o | single; unity |
myel/o | spinal cord |
neur/o | nerve |
phas/o | speech |
poli/o | gray matter |
pont/o | structure in the brain |
psych/o | mind |
quadr/i | four |
radic/o | root nerve |
radicul/o | nerve root |
rhiz/o | nerve root |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
yag/o | vagus nerve |