M: Ch 15 Nervous System & Ch 16 Special Senses

ophthalm/o:

eye

oculomycosis:

abnormal condition of fungus in eye

-logist:

specialist in the study of

opthalmologist:

specialist in the study of eye

optometry:

act of measuring eye, vision

opt/o:

eye, vision

-metry:

act of measuring

intra-

in, within

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cerebrotomy:

incision of the cerebrum

craniomalacia:

soft skull

crani/o

cranium (skull)

encephal/o

brain

-malacia:

softening

gangli/o

ganglion (knot or knot-like mass)

gangliectomy:

excision removal of ganglion

gli/o:

glue; neuroglial tissue

glioma:

neuroglial tissue tumor

kinesi/o

movement

bradykinesia:

condition of slow movement

lept/o

thin, slender

brady-:

slow

leptomeningopathy:

disease of thin, slender meninges

-mening/o:

meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

-pathy:

disease

lex/o

word, phrase

dyslexia:

condition of bad word, phrase

meningocele:

swelling in meninges

-cele:

hernia, swelling

meningi/o:

meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

-oma:

tumor

meningioma:

tumor in meninges (membrane covering brain)

myel/o:

bone marrow; spinal cord

poli/o:

gray; gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)

poliomyelitis:

inflammation of gray matter & spinal cord/ bone marrow

-itis:

inflammation

narcotic:

pertaining to stupor, numbness, sleep

narc/o:

stupor; numbness; sleep

-tic:

pertaining to

neurolysis:

nerve separation, destruction, loosening

neur/o

nerve

radicul/o

nerve root

-lysis:

separation; destruction; loosening

hypersthenia:

condition above normal strength (rigid muscle tension when resting)

sthen/o

strength

thalam/o

thalamus

-tomy:

incision

thalamotomy:

incision in thalamus

thec/o

sheath (usually referring to the meninges)

intrathecal:

pertaining to within sheath (meninges)

-al

pertaining to

ton/o

tension

dys-

bad; painful; difficult

dystonia

condition of bad tone (muscle tone; sustained muscle contractions)

-ia:

condition

ventricul/o:

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

-algesia:

pain

ventriculitis:

inflammation of ventricle

analgesia:

without pain

-asthenia

weakness, debility

my/o

muscle

myasthenia:

muscle weakness

-esthesia

feeling

hyperesthesia

above normal feeling

-kinesia

movement

hyperkinesia

excessive, above normal movement

hyper-

excessive, above normal

-lepsy

seizure

narcolepsy

sleep seizure

-paresis

partial paralysis

hemiparesis

paralysis on one half

hemi-

: one-half

aphasia

without speech

-phasia

speech

quadriplegia

four paralysis

quadri-:

four

-taxia

order, coordination

ataxia

without order, coordination

a-:

without, not

pachymeningitis

thick meninges (brain/ spinal cord covering) inflammation

pachy-

thick

mening:

meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

para-

near, beside; beyond

-plegia:

paralysis

paraplegia

near, beside, beyond paralysis

syn-

union, together, joined

synalgia

pain together (referred pain: pain experienced in body part separate from place of pathology)

gnos

knowing

ment

mind

-us

condition; structure

electr/o

electricity

-graphy

process of recording

tom/o

to cut

angi/o

vessel

echo-

repeated sound

peritone

peritoneum

ven

vein

ous

pertaining to

later/o

side, to one side

-algia

pain