MED TERM CH16: word roots & analysis

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

dur/o

dura mater, hard

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

sensation, sensitivity

gangli/o, ganglion/o

ganglion (2)

gli/o

glia, gluey substance

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

ment/o, psych/o

mind (2)

mon/o

one, single

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons (structure in the brain)

quadr/i

four

radic/o, radical/o, rhiz/o

nerve root (3)

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

vag/o

vagus nerve

encephalitis

inflammation of the brain

neuralgia

nerve pain

psychosis

abnormal condition of the mind

anesthesia

without feeling or sensation

aphasia

condition of not speaking

cephalgia

headache

cerebral angiography

process of recording (blood) vessel pertaining to the cerebrum

cerebral thrombosis

abnormal condition of blood clot pertaining to the cerebrum

electroencephalograph

instrument used to record electrical activity of the brain

encephalomyeloradiculitis

inflammation of brain, spinal cord and nerve roots

glioblastoma

tumor composed of developing glial tissue

interictal

occurs between seizures or attacks

meningomyelocele

protrusion of the meninges and spinal cord

panplegia

total paralysis

psychogenic

originating in the mind

rhizomeningomyelitis

inflammation of the nerve root, meninges and spinal cord

subdural hematoma

tumor filled with blood pertaining to below the dura mater