the nervous system

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

anxi/o

anxious/uneasy

conus/o

to bruise

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

enthes/o

nervous sensation

gil/o

glue

isch/o

back, to hold back

lamin/o

lamina, thin plater or layer; arch

lex/o

word

phas/o

speech

phob/o

fear

phren/o

mind

pol/o

extreme

poli/o

grey matter

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o

point of contact

syncop/o

to cut off/ faint

tempor/o

the temples

thec/o

sheath (meningitis)

troph/o

development/ nourishment

con-

together; with

en-

in; within

intra-

within; into

-e

no meaning

-algesia

pain; sensitivity

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

esthesia

feeling; sensation

-leptic

to sieze; to take hold of

-lepsy

seisure

-paresis

weakness

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhagic

pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

-rrhaphy

suture

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-taxia

muscle coordination

-trophic

turning

-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing

-osis

abnormal condition

-phasia

speech

-lyctic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

para-

near; beside

psych/o

mind

pont/o

pons

hypno/o

sleep