Nervouus System

cerebr/o

cerebrum

encephal/o

brain

gli/o

glue, neuroglial tissue

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

-algia, -dynia

pain

-cele

hernia, swelling

-esthesia

feeling

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-glia

glue, neuroglial tissue

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia

movement

-logist

specialist in study of

-logy

study of

-lysis

separation, destruction, loosening

-meter

instrument for measuring

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-paresis

partial paralysis

-pathy

disease

-phagia

swallowing, eating

-phasia

speech

-phobia

fear

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhaphy

suture

-tripsy

crushing

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

quadri-

four

uni-

one