Unit 5 Med Term Vocab

acus/o

hearing, sound

astro-

star-shaped

audi/o

hearing

blephar/o

eyelid

cerebr/o

cerebrum

choroid/o

choroid

concuss/o

shaken violently

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

core/o

pupil

cry/o

cold

dacry/o

tear, tear duct, lacrimal gland

dipl/o

double

dissect/o

to cut apart

eso-

inward

exo-

outside, outward

gangli/o

ganglion

gli/o

glue

geus/o

taste

hydro-

water

hypn/o

sleep

iso-

same, equal

lacrim/o

tear, tear duct

-lemma

membrane covering

-lepsy

seizure

mastoid/o

mastoid process

mening/o

meninges

myring/o

eardrum

narc/o

stupor, numbness, sleep

olfact/o

smell

osm/o

smell, odor

ot/o

ear

-paresis

partial paralysis, weakness

phac/o

lens

phas/o

speech

prax/o

action, movement

presby/o

old age

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

retin/o

retina

rhiz/o

nerve root

scot/o

darkness

thec/o

sheath, meninges

-tropia

turning

tympan/o

eardrum

vitr/o

vitreous body of the eye

AD

Alzheimer's disease

AMS

altered mental status

C-spine

cervical spine

CNS

central nervous system

CP

cerebral palsy

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

CTA

computed tomography angiography

CVA

cerebrovascular accident

DBS

deep brain stimulation

DTRs

deep tendon reflexes

EEG

electroencephalogram

EMG

electromyogram

L-spine

lumbar spine

LOC

level of consciousness

LP

lumbar puncture

MS

multiple sclerosis

NCV

nerve conduction velocity

PD

Parkinson's disease

PNS

peripheral nervous system

T-spine

thoracic spine

TIA

transient ischemic attack