HSC3537 Module 12

alges/o

sense of pain

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

astr/o

star

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

clon/o

rapid contracting or relaxing

concuss/o

to shake violently

crani/o

skull

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

gli/o

glue

isch/o

to hold back

lumb/o

low back

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o

meninges

meningi/o

meninges

ment/o

mind

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

poli/o

grey matter

pont/o

pons

radicul/o

nerve root

scler/o

hard

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath

tom/o

to cut

ton/o

tone

topic/o

a specific area

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

protrusion

-paresis

weakness

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-rrhapy

suture

-taxi

muscle coordination

amnes/o

forgetfulness

anxi/o

fear, worry

compuls/o

drive, compel

delus/o

false belief

depress/o

to press down

hallucin/o

imagined perception

klept/o

to steal

narc/o

stupor, sleep

obsess/o

besieged by thoughts

phob/o

irrational fear

psych/o

mind

pyr/o

fire

schiz/o

split

soci/o

society

-iatrist

physician

-iatry

medical treatment

-lpngy

seizure

-mania

frenzy

-phoria

condition to bear