From Canvas (Medical Terminology) - Unit 10: The Nervous System

alges/o

sensitivity to pain

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cyt/o

cell

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

sensation or feeling

gli/o

neuroglia cells or a gluey substance

hemat/o

blood

hydr/o

water or fluid

kinesi/o

movement

mening/o

meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

narc/o

sleep

neur/o

nerve or neuron

phag/o

eating, swallowing, or consuming

thec/o

sheath

ton/o

tension or tone

troph/o

growth or development

ventricul/o

ventricle of the heart or brain

a-

without, not, or no

an-

without, not, or no

ana-

without, upward, back, or again

ecto-

outside or outer

endo-

inner or within

inter-

between

intra-

within or inside

pan-

all

poly-

many or much

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-emia

blood condition

-esthesia

sensation or feeling

-genesis

formation or creation

-iatrist

specialist in a field of study

-itis

inflammation

-kinesia

movement

-kinesis

movement

-kinetic

movement

-lepsy

seizure or attack

-lexia

reading

-oma

tumor or mass

-osis

condition or abnormal increase

-pathy

disease

-phagia

to eat, swallow, or consume

-phasia

speech

-plasia

growth, cellular development, or formation

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhea

discharge or flow

-sthenia

strength

-tomy

surgical opening, incision, or to cut

gravis

serious or grave