Neurology Word Building Flashcards
1
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suffix: pain (x2)
A
-algesia, -algia
2
Q
suffix: hernia, swelling
A
-cele
3
Q
suffix: feeling, sensation
A
-esthesia
4
Q
suffix: movement
A
-kinesia, -kinesis
5
Q
suffix: seizure
A
-lepsy
6
Q
suffix: partial paralysis
A
-paresis
7
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suffix: swallowing
A
-phagia
8
Q
suffix: speech
A
-phasia
9
Q
suffix: paralysis
A
-plegia
10
Q
suffix: action
A
-praxia
11
Q
suffix: prolapse
A
-ptosis
12
Q
suffix: strength
A
-sthenia
13
Q
suffix: development, nourishment
A
-trophy
14
Q
prefix: not, without
A
a-, -an
15
Q
prefix: grey matter of brain
A
polio-
16
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prefix: four
A
quadri-
17
Q
pain
A
alges/o
18
Q
blood vessel
A
angi/o
19
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burn, burning
A
caus/o
20
Q
head
A
cephal/o
21
Q
cerebellum
A
cerebell/o
22
Q
cerebrum
A
cerebr/o
23
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deep sleep
A
comat/o
24
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cold
A
cry/o
25
dura mater
dur/o
26
glue, neuroglial tissue
gli/o
27
movement
kines/o
28
thin, slender
lept/o
29
word, phrase
lex/o
30
meninges
mening/o
31
muscle
my/o
32
spinal cord; bone marrow
myel/o
33
numbness; stupor; sleep
narc/o
34
pons
pont/o
35
nerve root
radicul/o
36
coordination
tax/o
37
sheath
thec/o
38
vagus nerve
vag/o
39
ALS
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
40
ANS
autonomic nervous system
41
AVMs
arteriovenous malformations
42
CNS
central nervous system
43
CP
cerebral palsy
44
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
45
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
46
CVD
cerebrovascular disease
47
EEG
electroencephalogram
48
EMG
electromyogram
49
HNP
herniated nucleus pulposus
50
ICP
intracranial pressure
51
LP
lumbar puncture
52
MS
multiple sclerosis
53
PET
positron emission tomography
54
PNS
peripheral nervous system
55
RIND
reversible, ischemic neurological deficit
56
R/O
rule out
57
RT
radiation therapy
58
SAH
subarachnoid hemorrhage
59
SNS
somatic nervous system
60
TENS
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
61
TIA
transient ischemic attack
62
TPA
tissue plasminogen activator
63
weakness or disability
asthenia
64
escape of CSF through ear
cerebrospinal otorrhea
65
partial or incomplete paralysis
paresis
66
sensation of numbness/prickling/tingling
paresthesia
67
failure of closure of skull in posterior midline
cranium bifidum
68
failure of closure of spinal cord
spina bifida
69
protrusion of meninges
meningocele
70
protrusion of brain tissue
encephalocele
71
protrusion of spinal cord
myelocele
72
abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid within skull due to blockage
hydrocephalus
73
medulla and cerebellum protrude from skull into cx portion of vertebral column
Arnold-Chiari malformation
74
changes in severed peripheral nerve fiber
Wallerian degeneration
75
any toxic/traumatic/inflammatory/degenerative change in peripheral nerve
peripheral neuropathy (neuritis)
76
group of uncommon childhood diseases due to defects in myelin formatoin
leukoencephalopathy
77
3 types of leukoencelopathy
schilder disease, pelizaeus-merzbacher disease, krabbe disease
78
various acute and chronic disturbances of brain function
encephalopathy
79
damage to middle meningeal artery
extradural hemorrhage
80
venous bleeding enlarging over days/weeks
subdural hemorrhage
81
trauma or rupture of congenital aneurysm
subarachnoid hemorrhage
82
common and bizarre breathing pattern esp. coma patients
Cheyne-Stoke respiration
83
loss of or diminished achilles tendon reflex in sciatica
babinksi sign
84
inability to maintain body balance when eyes shut and feet close together
romberg sign
