Neurology Root Words
Terms
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- cerebell/o
- cerebellum
- cerebr/i, cerebr/o
- cerebrum, brain
- crani/o
- cranium, skull
- encephal/o
- brain
- gli/o
- glue, glue-like (relating specifically to the neuroglia)
- hydr/o
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1. water, watery
2. containing or combined with hydrogen
3. a hydatid - hyp/o
- deficient, below normal, under, less than
- hypn/o
- sleep, hypnosis
- mening/o
- any membrane, specifically, one of the membranous coverings of the brain and spinal cord
- myel/o
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1. spinal cord and medulla oblongata
2. the myelin sheath of nerve fibers - narc/o
- stupor, narcosis, numbness, sleep
- neur/i, neuro
- nerve, nerve tissue, the nervous system
- occipit/o
- occiput, occipital structures (back of the head)
- sympath/o, sympathet/o, sympathic/o
- the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system
- vag/o
- vagus nerve
- later/o
- to the side
- disc/o
- disk, disk-shaped
- neur/o
- nerve
- rachi/o
- spine
- spin/o
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1. the spine
2. spinous - spondyl/o
- vertebrae
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allo - lalia
allolalia -
other, differing from normal - talking
any speech defect, especially one caused by a cerebral disorder -
de - ment/o - ia
dementia -
away from, cessation, without - mind - condition
the loss, usually progressive, of cognitive and intellectual functions, without impairment of perception or consciousness -
echo - praxia
echopraxia -
a reverberating sound - action
involuntary imitation of movements made by another -
eu - thymia
euthymia -
good, well - mind, soul, emotions
1. joyfullness, mental peace and tranquility
2. moderation of mood, not manic or depressed -
angi/o - neur/o - ectomy
angioneurectomy -
vessel - nerve - excision, removal
exicision of the vessels and nerves of a part -
vag/o - lysis
vagolysis -
vagus nerve - to loosen
surgical destruction of the vagus nerve