Nervous System and Mental Health Written

Use encephal/o to build a word that means inflammation of the brain.

encephalitis

Build a word that means tumor of the meninges:

meningioma

Build a word that means inflammation of the nerve root.

radiculitis

Build a word that means hernia of the brain

encephalocele

Build a word that means burning pain

causalgia

Build a word that means recording the electrical activity of the brain

electroencephalography

Build a word that means seizure of sleep

narcolepsy

Build a word that means disease of the nerve root

radiculopathy

Build a word that means surgical incision into the thalamus

thalamotomy

Build a word that means inflammation of the ventricles

ventriculitis

Build a word that means inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord

poliomyelitis

Build a word that means hernia or swelling of the meninges

meningocele

Build a term that means feeling that is excessive or above normal

hyperesthesia

Build a word that means without or not feeling

anesthesia

Build a word that means without speech

aphasia