Mtcjz - Medical Terminology - Module 8 - Nervous System - Root Words, Prefixes & Suffixes

Front 1

Alges/o, -algesia

Back 1

excessive sensitivity to pain

Front 2

Anxi/o

Back 2

uneasy, anxious, distressed

Front 3

Caus/o

Back 3

burning

Front 4

Cerebell/o

Back 4

cerebellum

Front 5

Cerebr/o

Back 5

cerebrum

Front 6

Comat/o

Back 6

deep sleep (coma)

Front 7

Encephal/o

Back 7

brain

Front 8

Hallucin/o

Back 8

hallucination, to wander in the mind

Front 9

Hypn/o

Back 9

sleep

Front 10

Iatr/o

Back 10

treatment

Front 11

Kines/o, Kinesi/o,

Back 11

movement

Front 12

Meningi/o

Back 12

meninges

Front 13

Ment/o, Psych/o, Phren/o

Back 13

mind

Front 14

My/o

Back 14

muscle

Front 15

Neur/o

Back 15

nerve

Front 16

Schiz/o

Back 16

split

Front 17

Somat/o

Back 17

body

Front 18

Syncop/o

Back 18

to cut off, cut short, loss of conciousness

Front 19

Thalam/o

Back 19

thalamus

Front 20

-algesia

Back 20

sensitivity to pain

Front 21

-algia

Back 21

pain

Front 22

-genic

Back 22

produced by

Front 23

-kinesis, -kinesia

Back 23

movement in resonse to stimulous

Front 24

-lepsy

Back 24

seizure

Front 25

-leptic

Back 25

to seize hold of, type of seizure

Front 26

-malacia

Back 26

softening

Front 27

-mania

Back 27

obsessive preoccupation

Front 28

-paresis

Back 28

slight paralysis

Front 29

-phasia

Back 29

speech

Front 30

-phobia

Back 30

fear

Front 31

-phrenic

Back 31

diaphram or adjacent, characteristic fo a disorder of the mind

Front 32

-phoria

Back 32

feeling, bearing

Front 33

-plegia

Back 33

paralysis

Front 34

A-,an-

Back 34

none, not

Front 35

Cata-

Back 35

down

Front 36

Hypo-

Back 36

deficient, less than, below

Front 37

Para-

Back 37

abnormal

Front 38

Sub-

Back 38

positioned below

Front 39

Hyper-

Back 39

excessive

Front 40

Mid-

Back 40

middle

Front 41

Epi-

Back 41

sudden/forceful, following, towards, additional, on upon at, outer exterior covering