Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors - Words Flashcards
aden/ectomy
surgical removal of a gland
aden/itis
inflammation of a gland
aden/o/carcin/oma
cancerous tumor of the gland
anti/ne/o/plastic
preventing development of neoplastic cells
ather/oma
fat tumor
ather/o/scler/osis
condition of fatty deposits causing hardening
carcin/oma
malignant tumor, cancerous tumor
cephal/algia
pain in head, headache
cephal/ic
pertaining to the head or toward the head
cerebr/oma
tumor of the cerebrum
cerebr/o/malacia
softening of the cerebrum
cerebr/o/spin/al
relating/pertaining to the brain and spinal cord
crani/ectomy
cut out, excision of the cranium, surgical removal
crani/o/plasty
surgical repair of skull
elect/o/encephal/o/gram
picture of electrical activity of brain
electr/o/neur/o/diagnos/tic
pertains to the technologist that studies electrical activity
emetic
pertaining to vomit; an agent that induces vomiting
encephal/itis
inflammation of the brain
encephal/o/cele
herniation of brain tissue
encephal/oma
brain tumor
encephal/o/mening/itis
inflammation of brain and meninges
encephal/o/tomy
incision into brain
hist/o/logy
study of tissues, branch of anatomy
hydr/o/cephal/us
fluid in skull; increase in CSF
hydr/o/phobia
fear of the water; also rabies
hyper/active
increase, more than usual, activity
lip/oma
a tumor of fatty tissue
melan/o/carcin/oma
dark pigmented, black cancerous tumor
myel/o/mening/o/cele
hernia of the meninges and spinal cord
myel/o/cyte
a bone marrow cell
myel/o/dys/plasia
abnormal formation of the spinal cord
myel/o/pathy
any disease or disorder of the spinal cord or bone marrow
my/o/spasm
muscle spasm or twitching
necr/o/philia
love or attraction for the dead
ne/o/nat/al
of, relating to, or affecting the newborn
ne/o/genesis
generate new tissue growth
ne/o/plasm
abnormal growth of cells
neur/o/logy
study of nervous system
neur/o/surgeon
physician performs surgery on the nervous system
onc/o/logist
a specialist in oncology; cancer
polio/myel/itis
inflammation of spinal cord gray matter
psych/iatrist
a physician specializing in psychiatry
rhabd/o/my/o/sarc/oma
cancer of rod shaped muscle
sarc/oma
malignant tumor of connective tissues
viscer/al
pertaining to the internal organs
viscer/o/genic
pertaining to or originating from an organ
