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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