Med Term Chap 10 Suffixes/roots/yea

alges/o

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

angi/o

vessel, blood

caus/o

burn, burning

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

comat/o

deep sleep

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

nervous sensation

gli/o

glue

hydro

water

kines/o

movement

lept/o

thin, slender

lex/o

word, phrase

mening/o, meningi/o

membranes, meninges

my/o

muscle

mel/o

spinal cord

narc/o

sleep

neur/o

nerve

olig/o

scanty

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

spin/o

spine

syncop/o

cut off

tax/o

order

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (refers to meninges)

troph/o

nourishment

vag/o

vagus nerve

-lepsy

seizure

-paresis

slight paralysis

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-praxia

action

-sthenia

strength