Word parts-chapter 6: Nervous systems and Mental health systems and Mental

cerebell/o

cerebellum (little brain)

cerebr/o

brain, cerebrum

cortic/o

outer portion of a organ, cortex (as in cerebral cortex)

crani/o

cranium, skull

dur/o

hard, dura mater

encephal/o

brain.

eshesi/o

sensation, perception

gangli/o, ganglion/o

ganglion

gli/o

glue, neuroglia

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

narc/o

stupor, numbness, sleep

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

poli/o

gray matter

radicul/o

nerve root

somn/o, somn/i

sleep

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebra

thalam/o

thalamus

ventricul/o

ventricle

vertebr/o

vertebra.

anxi/o

fear, worry

hallucin/o

to wander in one’s mind

hypn/o

sleep, hypnosis

ment/o, psych/o

mind, mental

phren/o

mind (combining form)

schiz/o

split

soci/o

social, society

thym/i, thym/o

mind, soul, emotion

epi-

on, upon, following

hemi-

half

hyper-

above, excessive

hypo-

below, deficient

para-

beside

poly-

many, much

quadri-

four

bi-

two, twice

de-

away from, cessation, without

eu-

good, normal

-al, -ar

pertaining to

-gram

record, recording

-ia

condition of

-ictal

relating to or caused by a stroke or seizure

-lepsis, -lepsy

seizure

-logist

one who specializes in

-paresis

partial or incomplete paralysis

-phrenia

the mind (suffix)

-plegia

paralysis

-tomy

incision

-iatrist

one who specializes in.

-mania

excited State, obession

-phile, -philia

attraction to

-phobia

abnormal fear of, aversion to, sensitivity to