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Medical Terminology Chapter 10

Terms List

• caus/o

  • Definition: burning, burn

• cerebr/o

  • Definition: cerebrum, brain

• concuss/o

  • Definition: shaken together, violently agitated

• contus/o

  • Definition: bruise

• encephal/o

  • Definition: brain

• -esthesia

  • Definition: sensation, feeling

• esthet/o

  • Definition: feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

• -graphy

  • Definition: the process of producing a picture or record

• mening/o

  • Definition: membranes, meninges

• myel/o

  • Definition: spinal cord, bone marrow

• neur/i, neur/o

  • Definition: nerve, nerve tissue

• phob/o, -phobia

  • Definition: abnormal fear

• psych/o

  • Definition: mind

• radicul/o

  • Definition: root or nerve root

• -tropic

  • Definition: having an affinity for

Important Terms

• anesthesia

  • Definition: loss of body sensation and consciousness

• causalgia

  • Definition: burning pain

• encephalography

  • Definition: visual image of the brain

• hyperesthesia

  • Definition: abnormal and excessive sensitivity to touch

• meningitis

  • Definition: inflammation of the meninges