Chapter 8 Word Elements

Question 1

a-

Answer 1

without, not

aphasia*

Question 2

an-

Answer 2

without, not

anencephaly*

Question 3

-algesia

Answer 3

sensitivity to pain

analgesia*

Question 4

alges/o

Answer 4

sensitivity to pain

analgesic

Question 5

-algia

Answer 5

pain

cephalalgia*

Question 6

-asthenia

Answer 6

strength

myasthenia gravis*

Question 7

brady-

Answer 7

slow

bradyesthesia*

Question 8

cerebell/o

Answer 8

cerebellum*

cerebellospinal*

Question 9

cerebr/o

Answer 9

cerebrum*

cerebritis*

Question 10

crani/o

Answer 10

skull, cranium

craniotomy*

Question 11

encephal/o

Answer 11

brain

encephalography*

Question 12

-esthesia

Answer 12

sensation or feeling

anesthesia*

Question 13

esthesi/o

Answer 13

feeling, sensation

anesthesiologist*

Question 14

gli/o

Answer 14

neuroglia or gluey substance

glioma*

Question 15

-kinesia

Answer 15

movement

bradykinesia*

Question 16

-lepsy

Answer 16

seizure, attack

narcolepsy*

Question 17

-lexia

Answer 17

reading

dyslexia*

Question 18

mening/o

Answer 18

meninges*

meningitis*

Question 19

myel/o

Answer 19

spinal cord or bone marrow

myelocele*

Question 20

narc/o

Answer 20

sleep

narcosis*

Question 21

neur/o

Answer 21

nerve

neuropathy

Question 22

-paresis

Answer 22

partial paralysis

hemiparesis

Question 23

-phasia

Answer 23

speech

dysphasia*

Question 24

-plegia

Answer 24

paralysis

paraplegia

Question 25

-praxia

Answer 25

perform

apraxia*

Question 26

thec/o

Answer 26

sheath

intrathecal*

Question 27

ton/o

Answer 27

tension, tone

dystonia*

Question 28

ventricul/o

Answer 28

ventricle of the heart or brain

ventriculostomy*