Medical Terminology, Ch11: The Nervous System

caus/o, caus

burning, burn

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain

concuss/o, concuss

shaken together, violently agitated

contus/o, contus

bruise

encephal/o, encephal

brain

-esthesia, esthet/o, esthesi, esthet

sensation, feeling

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

mening/o, mening

membranes, meninges

myel/o, myel

spinal cord, bone marrow

neur/i, neur/o, neur

nerve, nerve tissue

phobia

abnormal fear

psych/o, psych

mind

radicul/o, radicul

root or nerve root

-ologist

specialist

an-

without

-ist

specialist

-iatrist

specialist

cephal

head

-algia

pain

-cele

hernia

hydr/o

water

-oma

tumor

-itis

inflammation

hemat

blood

intra-

within

crani

cranium

-phasi

speech

arteri/o

artery

ven

vein

-ous

pertaining to

in-

without

somn

sleep

narc/o

stupor

-lepsy

seizure

ambul

walk

poli/o

gray matter

-pathy

disease

hyper-

excessive

-esthesia

sensation or feeling

par-

abnormal

ultra-

beyond

son/o

sound

ech/o

sound

electr/o

electric

esthet

feeling

thalam

thalamus

-otomy

surgical incision

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

trauma

injury

post-

after

acr/o

top

agor/a

marketplace

claustr/o

barrier

-mania

madness

dys-

bad

thym

mind

-tropic

having an affinity for

anti-

against

anxi/o

anxiety

-lytic

destroy