Unit 3 Root Words

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

gli/o

glial cells, means glue

lept/o

thin/ slender

mening/o, meningi/o

membranes, meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal corde

neur/o

nerve

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (refers to meninges)

vag/o

vagus nerve

alges/o, -algesia

sensitivity to pain

caus/o

burning

comat/o

deep sleep

esthesi/o, -esthesia

feeling, nervous sensation

kines/o, kinesi/o, -kenisia, -kinesis, -kinetic

movement

-lepsy

seizure

lex/o

word, phrase

-paresis

weakness, slight incomplete para;ysis

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

narc/o

stooper

tax/o

coordination, order

-praxia

action

-sthenia

strength

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

AD

alzheimer diseas

AFP

alpha-fetoprotein

ALS

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis- lou gehrig disease

AVM

arteriovenous malformation

BBB

blood-brain barrier

CNS

central nervous system

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CTE

chronic traumatic encephalopathy

CVA

cerebrovascular accident, a \****ing stroke

EEG

electroencephalography

GABA

gamma-aminobutyric acid (neurotransmitter)

ICP

intracranial pressure

LP

lumbar puncture

MAC

monitored anesthetic care

MG

myasthenia gravis

MRA

magnetic resonance angiography

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MS

multiple sclerosis

1/2 P

heiparesis

PCA

patient-controlled analgesia

PET

positron emission tomography

PNS

peripheral nervous system

PSRS

proton stereotactic radiosurgery

Sz

seizure

TBI

traumatic brain injury

TENS

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

TIA

transient ischemic attack

TLE

temporal lobe epilepsy

tPA

tissue plasminogen activator

aque/o

water

blephar/o, palpebr/o

eyelid

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o, pupill/o

pupil

corne/o, kerat/o

cornea

cycl/o

ciliary body or muscle of the eye

dacry/o, lacrim/o

tears, tear duct

ir/o, irid/o

iris (color part of the eye)

ocul/o, ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o, optic/o

eye, vision

papill/o

optic disc; nipple-like

phac/o, phak/o

lens of the eye

retin/o

retina

scler/o

sclera (white of the eye); hard

uve/o

uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)

vitre/o

glassy

ambly/o

dull, dim

dipl/o

double

glauc/o

gray

mi/o

smaller, less

mydr/o

widen, enlarge

nyct/o

night

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

scot/o

darkness

xer/o

dry

-opia, -opsia

vision, visual disorder

-tropia

to turn

ALT

argon laser trabeculoplasty

AMD

age-related macular degeneration

HEENT

head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

IOL

intraocular lens

IOP

intraocular pressure

LASIK

LASER in situ keratomileusis

OD

right eye (latin, oculus dexter)

OS

left eye (latin, oculus sinister)

OU

both eyes (latin, oculus uterque "each eye")

PERRLA

pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation

POAG

primary open-angle glaucoma

PRK

photorefractive keratectomy- laser beam flattens the top layer of the cornea to correct myopia

SLT

selective laser trabeculoplasty