Language of Medicine 10 Flashcards
(30 cards)
1
Q
cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
2
Q
cereb/o
A
cerebrum
3
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
4
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
5
Q
gli/o
A
glial cells
more vulnerable to tumors
6
Q
lept/o
A
thin, slender
7
Q
mening/o
meningi/o
A
membranes,
meninges
8
Q
my/o
A
muscle
9
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord
means bone marrow in other contexts
10
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
11
Q
pont/o
A
pons
12
Q
radicul/o
A
nerve root
of spinal nerves
13
Q
thalam/o
A
thalamus
14
Q
thec/o
A
sheath
refers to the meninges
15
Q
vag/o
A
vagus nerve
10th cranial nerve
16
Q
alges/o
-algesia
A
excessive sensitivity to pain
17
Q
-algia
A
pain
18
Q
caus/o
A
burning
19
Q
comat/o
A
deep sleep
coma
20
Q
esthesi/o
-esthesia (ia condition of)
A
feeling, nervous sensation
21
Q
kines/o, kinesi/o
kinesia (cond. of), -kinesis
-kinetic
A
movement
22
Q
-lepsy
A
seizure
23
Q
lex/o
A
word, phrase
24
Q
-paresis
A
weakness
25
-phasia
speech
26
-plagia
paralysis
(loss or impairment of the ability
to move parts of the body)
27
-praxia
action
28
-sthenia
strenghth
29
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
30
tax/o
order, coordination
