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Module11MedicalTerminologySheetforNervousSystem2022.docxWeek 11 The Nervous System
Medical Terminology Sheet for the Nervous System
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Brain: encephal/o |
Spinal Cord: myel/o |
Nerves: neur/i, neur/o |
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acr- |
top |
myel/o |
spinal cord |
DON’T FORGET WORDS |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-algia |
pain |
narc/o |
stupor |
a- |
without |
-otomy |
surgical incision |
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ambul/o |
walk |
neur/o |
nerve |
an- |
without |
-plasty |
surgical repair |
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caus/o |
burning |
concuss/o |
shaken together |
dys- |
difficult |
-rrhaphy |
to suture |
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-cele |
hernia |
contus/o |
to bruise |
epi- |
above |
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cephal/o |
head |
dural |
pertaining to dura mater |
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claustr/o |
barrier |
ech/o |
sound |
-graphy |
process of recording |
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encephal/o |
brain |
electr/o |
electric |
-gram |
recording of |
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esthesi/o |
feeling |
par- |
around or beside |
hemat/o |
blood |
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feeling |
-phasia |
speech |
hyper- |
excessive |
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hydr/o |
water |
-phobia |
abnormal fear |
hypo- |
below |
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-ion |
condition |
poli/o |
gray |
-iatrist |
specialist |
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-ism |
condition of |
psych/o |
mind |
-ic |
pertaining to |
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klept/o |
to steal |
radicul/o |
root/nerve root |
-ist |
specialist |
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-lepsy |
seizure |
somn/i/o |
sleep |
-itis |
inflammation |
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-mania |
madness |
sub- |
below |
-ologist |
specialist |
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mening/o |
meninges |
thalam/o |
thalamus |
-oma |
tumor |
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Instructions: Define the following terms using their roots/suffixes, and prefixes. Create and define 10 additional terms. Submit to the Canvas Drop Box. Submissions must be handwritten.
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1. agoraphobia |
2. anesthesia |
3. anesthesiologist |
4. anesthesia |
5. cephalalgia |
6. claustrophobia |
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7. concussion |
8. contusion |
9. electroencephal |
10. ography |
11. encephalitis |
12. epidural |
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13. hydrocephalus |
14. hypothalamus |
15. kleptomaniac |
16. meningocele |
17. myelogram |
18. narcolepsy |
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19. neurologist |
20. neurorrhaphy |
21. paresthesia |
22. poliomyelitis |
23. psychologist |
24. radiculitis |
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25. thalamotomy |
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