Chapter 18 - Mental Health Flashcards
anxi/o
uneasy, distressed
cycl/o
circle, recurring
geront/o
old age, the aged
hallucin/o
hallucination, to wander in the mind
hypn/o
sleep
iatr/o
physician, medicine, treatment
klept/o
steal
ment/o
mind
morph/o
form, shape
neur/o
nerve
phil/o
attraction to, love
phren/o
mind, diaphragm
phob/o
fear, sensitivity
phor/o
carry, bear
pol/o
extreme
psych/o
mind
schiz/o
split
somat/o
body
xen/o
foreign, strange
a-
an-
no, not, without, absence of
agora-
marketplace, open space
cata-
down
electro-
electricity, electrical activity
eu-
normal, good
hypo-
below, under, deficient, less than normal
-genic
pertaining to formation, producing
-lalia
disorder of speech
-mania
state of mental disorder
-leptic
type of seizure
-philia
attraction for
-phobia
condition of fear
-phoria
feeling, emotional state
-thymia
condition of mind, emotion