Root words

anxi/o

anxious; uneasy

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

contus/o

to bruise

crani/o

skull

dendr/o

tree-like;branches

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthes/o, esthesi/o

nervous sensation

gangli/o

tumor;cystic tumor

gli/o

glue

hormon/o

hormonewater

hydr/o

water

hypn/o

sleep

iatr/o

physician;treatment

isch/o

back;to hold back

lamin/o

lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

lex/o

word

medull/o

medulla oblongata

megal/o

large;great;gland

mening/o

meninges

ment/o

mind

myel/o

bone marrow;spinal cord

narc/o

numbness;sleep;stupor

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

phob/o

fear

phren/o

mind

pol/o

extreme

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o, synapt/o

point of contact; to join

syncop/o

to cut off; cut short; faint

tax/o

coordination; order

tempor/o

the temples

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (meninges)

traumat/o

trauma:injury:wound

troph/o

development;nourishment

ventricul/o

ventricle

vertebr/o

vertebrae;spinal column bones