Medical Terminology Swosu~Brooks

Front 1

Alges/o

Back 1

Pain

Front 2

Angi/o

Back 2

Blood vessel

Front 3

Arachn/o

Back 3

Spider

Front 4

Arteri/o

Back 4

Artery

Front 5

Arthr/o

Back 5

Joint

Front 6

Ather/o

Back 6

Fatty Substance

Front 7

Cephal/o

Back 7

Head

Front 8

Cerebell/o

Back 8

Little brain, cerebellum

Front 9

Cran/o; Crani/o

Back 9

Skull, cranium

Front 10

Dur/o

Back 10

Hard

Front 11

Embol/o

Back 11

A plug

Front 12

Encephal/o

Back 12

Brain

Front 13

Gangli/o; Ganglion/o

Back 13

Knot, swelling

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Gli/o

Back 14

Glue, neuroglia

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Gnos/o

Back 15

Knowledge

Front 16

Lumb/o

Back 16

loin, lower back

Front 17

Lys/o

Back 17

Mother

Front 18

Mater

Back 18

Break apart dissolution

Front 19

Mening/o; Mening/i

Back 19

Membrane, meninges

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Ment/o

Back 20

Mind

Front 21

Myel/o

Back 21

Spinal cord, medulla, myelin sheath

Front 22

Narc/o

Back 22

Numbness

Front 23

Neur/o

Back 23

Sinew or cord, nerve

Front 24

Phas/o; Phasi/o

Back 24

Speech

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Plegi/o

Back 25

Paralysis

Front 26

Poli/o

Back 26

Gray

Front 27

Psych/o

Back 27

Mind

Front 28

Quadr/o; Quadr/i

Back 28

Four

Front 29

Radic/o; Radicul/o

Back 29

Nerve Root

Front 30

Scler/o

Back 30

Thick, hard, sclera

Front 31

Somat/o

Back 31

Body

Front 32

Spin/o

Back 32

Spine, thorn

Front 33

Thalam/o

Back 33

Inner chamber, thalamus

Front 34

Thromb/o

Back 34

Clot

Front 35

Vascul/o

Back 35

Small vessel

Front 36

-algia

Back 36

Pain

Front 37

-asthenia

Back 37

Weakness

Front 38

-cele

Back 38

Hernia, swelling, protrusion

Front 39

-esthesia

Back 39

Sensation, perception

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-gram

Back 40

A record

Front 41

-ia

Back 41

Condition of

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-iatry

Back 42

Treatment, specialty

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-ic

Back 43

Pertaining to

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-itis

Back 44

Inflammation

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-lepsy

Back 45

Seizure

Front 46

-logist

Back 46

One who studies

Front 47

-lysis

Back 47

To loosen, dissolve

Front 48

-malacia

Back 48

Softening

Front 49

-oid

Back 49

Resembling

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-paresis

Back 50

Paralysis-minor

Front 51

-phagia

Back 51

Speaking

Front 52

-plegia

Back 52

Paralysis-major

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-trop

Back 53

Nourishment, development

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A-

Back 54

Without, absence of

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De-

Back 55

Not

Front 56

Di-

Back 56

Double

Front 57

Dys-

Back 57

Bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

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Hemi-

Back 58

Half

Front 59

Hydro-

Back 59

Water

Front 60

Hyper-

Back 60

Excessive, abnormally high, above

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Mono-

Back 61

One

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Pan-

Back 62

All, entire

Front 63

Par-, or Para-

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Near, alongside, departure from normal

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Poly-

Back 64

Many

Front 65

Pre-

Back 65

Before

Front 66

Sub-

Back 66

Below, beneath

Front 67

Tetra-

Back 67

Four

Front 68

Set of membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord

Back 68

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Front 69

Outer tough fibrous layer of the meninges; hard mother

Back 69

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Front 70

Inner thin layer of the meninges; soft mother

Back 70

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Front 71

Middle layer of the meninges composed of thin interlacing fibers; spider or cobweb

Back 71

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Front 72

The largest most significant part of the brain

Back 72

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Front 73

Small brain mass that coordinates muscle responses ad manages equilibrium

Back 73

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Front 74

Below the thalamus; center for involuntary activities such as heartbeat, blood pressure, thirst and gland function

Back 74

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Front 75

Inner chamber; a relay station of the brain

Back 75

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Front 76

Fluid that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord

Back 76

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Front 77

A cluster of neurons outside of the brain and spinal cord

Back 77

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Front 78

A large fluid filled space below the acrachnoid

Back 78

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Front 79

The skull that houses the brain

Back 79

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Front 80

Central part of the brain that consists of two parts

Back 80

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Front 81

A white fatty membrane that wraps the axons of some neurons

Back 81

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Front 82

Inability to speak

Back 82

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Front 83

A headache, or general pain to the head

Back 83

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Front 84

Difficulty speaking

Back 84

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Front 85

Increased sensitivity to stimulation, such as touch or pain

Back 85

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Front 86

Pain in a nerve

Back 86

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Front 87

A vague condition of body fatigue often associated with depression

Back 87

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Front 88

Abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling with an objective cause

Back 88

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Front 89

A loss of the ability to interpret sensory information

Back 89

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Front 90

Functional cell of the nervous system

Back 90

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Front 91

Pertaining to the spine, cord or nerves

Back 91

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Front 92

Progressive atropy of muscle caused by hardening of nervous tissue on the lateral columns of the spinal cord

Back 92

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Front 93

A floating clot plugging a blood vessel that supplies the brain

Back 93

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Front 94

A lodged blood clot within blood vessels that supply the brain

Back 94

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Front 95

Not in the mind; declining mental function characterized by memory loss, disorientation and confusion

Back 95

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Front 96

Inflammation of the dura mater

Back 96

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Front 97

A brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizures

Back 97

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Front 98

Softening of the brain tissue, usually caused by deficient blood flow

Back 98

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Front 99

Inflammation of the brain

Back 99

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Front 100

Protrusion of the meninges through an opening caused by a defect in the skull

Back 100

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Front 101

Inflammation of the meninges

Back 101

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Front 102

A tumor of neurological cells

Back 102

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Front 103

Partial paralysis of one side of the body

Back 103

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Front 104

Increased CSF in and around the brain causing enlargement of the cranium

Back 104

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Front 105

Disease of spinal nerve root

Back 105

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Front 106

Paralysis from the waist down

Back 106

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Front 107

Inflammation of spinal nerve roots

Back 107

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Front 108

Inflammation of gray matter of the spinal cord caused by a virus often leading to paralysis

Back 108

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Front 109

Any disease affecting the mind

Back 109

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Front 110

Abnormal emotional disorder involving a counterproductive way of dealing with stress

Back 110

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Front 111

Any tumor that originates from nervous tissue

Back 111

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Front 112

Inflammation of a nerve

Back 112

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Front 113

Sleep disorder characterized by attacks of sleep, attacks of paralysis, and hypnologic hallucinations

Back 113

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Front 114

Inflammation of the spinal cord

Back 114

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Front 115

Partial paralysis of one limb

Back 115

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