Chapter 12 Word Parts Flashcards
algeso
sense of pain
astro
star
centro
center
cerebello
cerebellum
cerebro
cerebrum
clono
rapid contracting and relaxing
concusso
to shake violently
duro
dura mater
encephalo
brain
esthesio
sensation, feeling
glio
glue
medullo
medulla oblongata
meningo
meninges
meningio
meninges
mento
mind
myelo
spinal cord
neuro
nerve
periphero
away from center
polio
gray matter
ponto
pons
radiculo
nerve root
thalamo
thalamus
theco
sheath, meninges
tomo
to cut
tono
tone
ventriculo
ventricle
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-taxia
muscle coordination
angio
vessel
halo
to breath
ischo
to hold back
lumbo
low back
sclero
hard
topico
a specific area
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
protrusion
-ical
pertaining to
-ion
action
-nic
pertaining to
-otomy
cutting into
-paresis
weakness
endo-
within
epi-
above
hemi-
half
in-
inward
para-
abnormal, two like parts of a pair
quadri-
four
semi-
partial
tri-
three
un-
not
amneso
forgetfulness
anxio
fear, worry
compulso
to drive, to compel
deluso
false belief
depresso
to press down
electro
electricity
hallucino
imagined perception
klepto
to steal
narco
stupor, sleep
obsesso
besieged by thoughts
pedo
child
pharmaco
drug
phobo
irrational fear
phreno
mind
psycho
mind
pyro
fire
schizo
split
socio
society
somno
sleep
verso
turn
-iatric
pertaining to medical treatment
-iatrist
physician
-iatry
medical treatment
-ile
pertaining to
-lepsy
seizure
-mania
frenzy
-orexia
appetite
-phillic
pertaining to being attracted to
-phoria
condition to bear
de-
without
dis-
apart
dys-
difficult
in-
not
para-
abnormal