chapter 10

par-

abnormal

phobia

abnormal fear

post-

after

anti-

against

anxi/o

anxiety

arteri/o

artery

dys-

bad

claustr/o

barrier

ultra-

beyond

hemat

blood

encephal/o, encephal

brain

contus/o, contus

bruise

caus/o, caus

burning, burn

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain

crani

cranium

-lytic

destroy

-pathy

disease

electr/o

electric

hyper-

excessive

esthet

feeling

poli/o

gray matter

-tropic

having an affinity for

cephal

head

-cele

hernia

-itis

inflammation

trauma

injury

-mania

madness

agor/a

marketplace

mening/o, mening

membranes, meninges

psych/o, psych

mind

thym

mind

neur/i, neur/o, neur

nerve, nerve tissue

-algia

pain

-ous

pertaining to

radicul/o, radicul

root or nerve root

-lepsy

seizure

-esthesia

sensation or feeling

-esthesia, esthet/o, esthesi, esthet

sensation, feeling

concuss/o, concuss

shaken together, violently agitated

somn

sleep

ech/o

sound

son/o

sound

-iatrist

specialist

-ist

specialist

-ologist

specialist

-phasi

speech

myel/o, myel

spinal cord, bone marrow

narc/o

stupor

-otomy

surgical incision

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

thalam

thalamus

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

acr/o

top

-oma

tumor

ven

vein

ambul

walk

hydr/o

water

intra-

within

an-

without

in-

without