med term nervous system

anxi/o

anxi/o

anxious

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

contus/o

bruise

crani/o

skull

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthes/o

nervous senstaion

gli/o

glue

hydr/o

water

hypn/o

sleep

isch

to hold back

lamin/o

lamina

lex/o

word

medull/o

medulla oblangata

mening/o

meninges

neuro

nerve

phas/o

speech

phob/o

fear

phren

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

point of contact

syncop/o

to cut off

tax/o

order coordination

temporal/o

the temples

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (meninges)

traumat/o

trauma; injury

troph/o

development; nourishment

ventricul/o

ventricle

-algesia

pain; sensitivity

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling

-emic

blood condition

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-lepsy

seizure

-leptic

to sieze; take hold of

-lysis

breakdown

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-orexia

appetitie

-osis

abnormal condition

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhagic

pertainitng to bursting forth of blood

-sclerosis

adnormal hardening or thickness

-taxia

muscle coordination

-trophic

turning

-um ; -us

structure; tissue

EDH

epidural hematoma

EEG

electroencephalogram

END

electroneurodiagnostic

FH

family history

GAD

generalized anxiety disorder

GB

Guillan Barre

HA

headache

HEENT

head, nose, ear, eyes, nose, throat

H&P

history and physical

HPI

history of present illness

ICP

intracranial pressure

ID

intellectual disability

LP

lumbar puncture

MG

myasthenia gravis

MS

multiple sclerosis

NCV

nerve conduction velocity

OCD

obsessive compulsive disorder

OH

occupational history

OP

outpatient

p

pulse

PD

parkinsons disorder

pe

physical examination

PET

positron emission tomography

PMH

past medical history

PNS

peripheral nervous system

PTSD

post traumatic stress disorder

R

right; respirations

RLE

right lower extremity

R/O

rule out

ROS

review of systems

SAD

seasonal affective disorder

SCI

spinal cord injury

SDH

subdural hematoma

SH

social history

SNS

somatic nervous system

T

temperature

TBI

traumatic brain injury

TIA

transient ischemic attack

WNL

within normal limits