Common Terms and Word Elements for the physiology and Pathophysiology of the nervous system Flashcards
ESTHESI/O
(ĕs‐thē‐zē‐ō)
ESTHET/O
(ĕs‐thĕt‐ō)
‐ESTHESIA
(es‐thē‐zh‐ē‐ă)
sensation, perception
GNOST/O
(gnos‐tō)
‐GNOSIA
(gnō‐sē‐ă)
‐GNOSIS
(‐gnō‐sĭs)
Knowledge
MNEMON/O
(nē‐mŏn‐ō)
‐MNESIA
(mnē‐zhă)
Memory
LETH/O
(lē‐thō)
Forgetfulness
LETHARG/O
(lĕth‐ăr‐gō)
Mental sluggishness, drowsiness
TOP/O
(tō‐pō)
Place, spot, region
STERE/O
(ster‐ē‐ō)
Solid, three‐dimensional
KINESI/O
(kĭ‐nē‐sē‐ō)
KINE/O
(kin‐ĕ‐ō)
‐KINESIA
(kī‐nē‐zhē‐ă)
Movement
MOT/O
(mōt‐ō)
Movement
PRAXI/O
(prăk‐sē‐ō)
‐PRAXIA
(prak‐sē‐ă)
‐PRAXIS
(prăk‐sĭs)
Activity, doing, practice
TAX/O
(tak‐sō)
Coordination, order
TON/O
(ton‐ō)
Tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)
SPASM/O
(spaz‐mō)
SPAST/O
(spas‐tō)
Spasm (a sudden involuntary muscle contraction)
LEPS/O
(lep‐sō)
LEPT/O
(lĕp‐tō)
‐LEPSY
(lep‐sē)
Seizure
ICT/O
(ik‐tō)
‐ICTAL
(ik‐tăl)
Seizure, stroke (CVA), Blow
PYKN/O
(pĭk‐nō)
PYCN/O
(pĭk‐nō)
Thick, dense, frequent
PLEG/O
(plĕg‐ō)
‐PLEGIA
(plē‐jē‐ă)
PLECT/O
(plĕk‐tō)
‐PLEXY
(plĕks‐ē)
Paralysis, stroke
PALSY
(pal‐zē)
Paralysis
‐PARESIS
(pă‐rē‐sĭs)
Partial paralysis
STHEN/O
(sthĕ‐nō
Strength
CLON/O
(klō‐nō)
Clonus (i.e. spasmodic alteration of muscle contractions)
CHORE/O
(kō‐rē‐ō)
Chorea (i.e. involuntary dancing/writhing movement), dance
NARC/O
(nar‐kō)
Stupor, sleep
HYPN/O
(hip‐nō)
Sleep
SOMN/O
(som‐nō)
Sleep
SOPOR/O
(sō‐pŏ‐rō)
Sleep
COMAT/O
(kō‐mă‐tō)
‐COMA
(kō‐mă)
Coma (i.e. state of unconsciousness that cannot be aroused from)
LAL/O
(lăl‐ō)
‐LALIA
(lā‐lē‐ă)
Speech
PHAS/O
(fā‐zō)
‐PHASIS
(f‐ā‐sĭs)
‐PHASIA
(fā‐z‐ē‐ă)
Speech
PHRAS/O
(frā‐zō)
‐PHRASIA
(frā‐zē‐ă)
Speech, Phrase
LEX/O
(lek‐sō)
Word, speech, reading
LOG/O
(log‐ō)
‐LOGY
(l‐ŏ‐jē)
Speech, reason, word (‐logy: body of knowledge, study of)
PHAG/O
(făg‐ō)
‐PHAGIA
(fā′jē‐ă)
Eat, swallow
VERT/O
(vĕr‐tō)
VERS/O
(vĕr‐sō)
Turning
TREM/O
(tre‐mō)
TREMUL/O
(trĕm‐ū‐lō)
Shaking, trembling
OPISTHO‐
(ō‐pĭs‐thō)
Backward, behind
ONEIR/O
(ō‐nī‐rō)
Dream
