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cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
gli/o
glial cells
lept/o
thin, slender
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord (or bone marrow)
neur/o
nerve
pont/o
pons
radicul/o
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
thalam/o
thalamus
thec/o
sheath (refers to meninges)
vag/o
vagus nerve
alges/o, -algesia
excessive sensitivity to pain
-algia
pain
caus/o
burning
comat/o
deep sleep
esthisi/o, -esthesia
feeling, nervous sensation
kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
movement
-lepsy
seizure
lex/o
word, phrase
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech

ex. aphasia (speech dificulty)
-plegia
paralysis (loss of ability to move body parts)

ex. paraplegia
-praxia
action
-sthenia
strength

ex. neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion)
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short

ex. syncopal (fainting--blood cut off to brain)
tax/o
order, coordination

ex. ataxia (decreased coordination)