Medical Terminology- Ch. 10 Vocab

epi-

above

-praxia

action

dys-

bad

sub-

below

encephal/o

brain

caus/o

burning

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cry/o

cold

comat/o

deep sleep

hypo-

deficient

-trophy

development

troph/o

development

-pathy

disease

dur/o

dura mater

-blast

embryonic, immature

hyper-

excessive

alges/o

excessive sensitivity to pain

-ptosis

falling

esthesi/o

feeling, nervous sensation

hydr/o

fluid, water

quadri-

four

-ose

full of

gli/o

gilal cells

polio-

gray

hemi-

half

-sclerosis

hardening

cephal/o

head

-cele

hernia

-tomy

incision

-itis

inflammation

poly-

many

mening/o

membranes, meninges

meningi/o

membranes, meninges

-kinesia

movement

-kinesis

movement

-kinetic

movement

kines/o

movement

kinesi/o

movement

my/o

muscle

neur/o

nerve

radicul/o

nerve root

a-

no, not, without

an-

no, not, without

tax/o

order, coordination

-algia

pain

-plegia

paralysis

-ine

pertaining to

pont/o

pons

-graphy

process of recording

-gram

record

olig/o

scanty

-lepsy

seizure

-esthesia

sensation

-algesia

sensitivity to pain

thec/o

sheath

crani/o

skull

micro-

small

myel/o

spinal cord

spin/o

spine

-sthenia

strength

narc/o

stupor

para-

surrounding

-phagia

swallowing

thalam/o

thalamus

lept/o

thin, slender

syncop/o

to cut off, cut short

-ome

tumor

vag/o

vagus nerve

angi/o

vessel

-paresis

weakness

intra-

within

lex/o

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