Chapter 13

Front 1

cephal/o

Back 1

head

Front 2

cerbell/o

Back 2

Little brain, cerebellum

Front 3

cerebr/o

Back 3

Brain, cerebrum

Front 4

crani/o

Back 4

skull, cranium

Front 5

encephal/o

Back 5

brain

Front 6

gangli/o

Back 6

swelling, knot

Front 7

mening/i, mening/o

Back 7

membrane

Front 8

myel/o

Back 8

spinal cord, medulla, myelin.

Front 9

neur/o

Back 9

nerve

Front 10

phren/o

Back 10

mind

Front 11

psych/o

Back 11

mind

Front 12

radic/o, radicul/o

Back 12

nerve root

Front 13

vag/o

Back 13

vagus nerve

Front 14

ventricul/o

Back 14

little belly, ventricle

Front 15

a-

Back 15

without, absence of

Front 16

hyper-

Back 16

excessive, abnormally high, above

Front 17

hypo-

Back 17

deficient, abnormally low, below

Front 18

par-

Back 18

alongside, abnormal

Front 19

poly-

Back 19

excessive, over, many

Front 20

esthesi/o

Back 20

sensation

Front 21

neur/o

Back 21

nerve

Front 22

phasi/o

Back 22

to speak

Front 23

-algesia

Back 23

pain

Front 24

-algia

Back 24

condition of pain

Front 25

-asthenia

Back 25

weakness

Front 26

-ia

Back 26

condition of

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epi-

Back 27

upon, over, above, on top

Front 28

hemi-

Back 28

half

Front 29

intra-

Back 29

within

Front 30

mono-

Back 30

one

Front 31

para-

Back 31

alongside or abnormal

Front 32

quadri-

Back 32

four

Front 33

ather/o

Back 33

fatty plaque

Front 34

aut/o

Back 34

self

Front 35

gli/o

Back 35

glue

Front 36

gnos/o

Back 36

knowledge

Front 37

hem/o

Back 37

blood

Front 38

hydr/o

Back 38

water

Front 39

later/o

Back 39

side

Front 40

my/o

Back 40

muscle

Front 41

narc/o

Back 41

numbness

Front 42

poli/o

Back 42

gray

Front 43

scler/o

Back 43

hard

Front 44

thromb/o

Back 44

clot

Front 45

vascul/o

Back 45

little vessel

Front 46

-al

Back 46

pertaining to

Front 47

-ar

Back 47

pertaining to

Front 48

-cele

Back 48

hernia, swelling, protrusion

Front 49

-ic

Back 49

pertaining to

Front 50

-ion

Back 50

process

Front 51

-ism

Back 51

condition or disease

Front 52

-itis

Back 52

inflammation

Front 53

-lepsy

Back 53

seizure

Front 54

-malacia

Back 54

softening

Front 55

-oma

Back 55

tumor

Front 56

-osis

Back 56

condition of

Front 57

-pathy

Back 57

disease

Front 58

-plegia

Back 58

paralysis

Front 59

-rrhage

Back 59

abnormal discharge

Front 60

-troph

Back 60

development

Front 61

-us

Back 61

pertaining to

Front 62

an-

Back 62

without, absence of

Front 63

angi/o

Back 63

blood vessel

Front 64

dur/o

Back 64

hard

Front 65

ech/o

Back 65

sound

Front 66

electr/o

Back 66

electricity

Front 67

rhiz/o

Back 67

nerve root

Front 68

tom/o

Back 68

to cut

Front 69

-ectomy

Back 69

surgical excision, removal

Front 70

-gram

Back 70

a record or image

Front 71

-graphy

Back 71

recording process

Front 72

-iatry

Back 72

treatment, specialty

Front 73

-ist

Back 73

one who specializes

Front 74

-logy

Back 74

study or science of

Front 75

-lysis

Back 75

loosen, dissolve

Front 76

-plasty

Back 76

surgical repair

Front 77

-rrhapy

Back 77

suturing

Front 78

-tome

Back 78

cutting instrument

Front 79

-tomy

Back 79

incision, to cut

Front 80

bi-

Back 80

two

Front 81

dys-

Back 81

bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

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ment/o

Back 82

mind

Front 83

phren/o

Back 83

mind

Front 84

somat/o

Back 84

body

Front 85

-lexia

Back 85

pertaining to a word or phrase

Front 86

-mania

Back 86

madness, frenzy

Front 87

-phobia

Back 87

fear

Front 88

Aphasia

Back 88

The inability to speak.

Front 89

cephalgia

Back 89

Clinical term for a headache or a generalized pain in the region of the head

Front 90

Convulsion

Back 90

A series of involuntary muscle spasms caused by an uncoordinated excitation of motor neurons that triggers muscle contraction

Front 91

Hyperalgesia

Back 91

An excessive sensitivity to painful stimuli.

Front 92

Hypoalgesia

Back 92

A deficient sensitivity to normally painful stimuli

Front 93

Hyperesthesia

Back 93

An excessive sensitivity to a stimulus such as touch, sound or pain.

Front 94

Neuralgia

Back 94

A condition of pain in a nerve.

Front 95

Neuroasthenia

Back 95

A generalized experience of body fatigue; chronic fatigue, dysphoria

Front 96

Paresthesia

Back 96

And a normal sensation of numbness and tingling caused by an injury to 1 or more nerves.

Front 97

Polyneuralgia

Back 97

A condition of pain in many nerves.

Front 98

Syncope

Back 98

A temporary loss of consciousness due to a sudden reduction of blood flow to the brain. Also called fainting.

Front 99

agnosia

Back 99

The the loss of the ability to interpret sensory information

Front 100

Alzheimer's disease

Back 100

The brain undergoes gradual deterioration resulting in confusion shortterm memory loss and restlessness