Nervous System Word Parts

Ch. 9 Intro. to Medical Terminology

anxi/o

anxious; uneasy

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

contus/o

to bruise

crani/o

skull

dur/o

dura mater

encephal/o

brain

esthes/o, esthesi/o

nervous sensation

gli/o

glue

hydr/o

water

hypn/o

sleep

isch/o

back; to hold back

lamin/o

lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

lex/o

word

medull/o

medulla oblongata

mening/o, meningi/o

meninges

neur/o

nerve

phas/o

speech

phob/o

fear

phren/o

mind

pol/o

extreme

poli/o

gray matter

pont/o

pons

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

schiz/o

split

somat/o

body

synaps/o, synapt/o

point of contact; to join

syncop/o

to cut off; cut short; faint

tax/o

coordination; order

tempor/o

the temples

thalam/o

thalamus

thec/o

sheath (meninges)

traumat/o

trauma; injury; wound

troph/o

development; nourishment

ventricul/o

ventricle

bi-

two; both

con-

together; with

dys-

painful; difficult

en-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hemi-

half

intra-

within; into

mono-

one; single

par-, para-

near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

poly-

many; much

post-

after; behind

quadri-

four

sub-

below; under

\-algesia

pain; sensitivity

\-algia

pain

\-asthenia

weakness

\-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

\-emic

pertaining to blood condition

\-esthesia

feeling; sensation

\-ia

condition

\-ion

process; state; condition

\-lepsy

seizure

\-leptic

to seize; take hold of

\-lysis

breakdown; separation; loosening

\-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

\-orexia

appetite

\-osis

abnormal condition

\-paresis

weakness

\-phasia

speech

\-plegia

paralysis

\-rrhagic

pertaining to bursting forth (blood)

\-rrhaphy

suture

\-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

\-taxia

muscle coordination

\-tropic

turning

\-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing