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Nervous System

  1. arachn/o
    spider
  2. cephal/o
    head
  3. cerebell/o
    cerebellum
  4. cerebr/o
    the cerebellum; also, the brain in general
  5. cortic/o
    outer layer or covering
  6. encephal/o
    brain
  7. gangli/o; ganglion/o
    ganglia (singular: ganglion)
  8. gli/o
    glue
  9. hydr/o
    water
  10. iatr/o
    physician; to treat
  11. -mania
    suffix meaning "morbid attraction to" or "impulse toward"
  12. meningi/o
    a membrane
  13. ment/o
    referring to the mind
  14. -mnesia
    memory
  15. myel/o
    in connection with the nervous system, refers to the spinal cord and medulla oblongata
  16. neur/o
    a nerve cell; nervous system
  17. -oid
    like
  18. -paresis
    weakness, loss of movement (partial paralysis)
  19. -phasia
    speech
  20. -phobia
    suffix meaning "morbid or unreasonable fear"
  21. -plegia
    paralyzed
  22. schiz/o
    to split
  23. psych/o
    referring to the mind
  24. spin/o
    referring to the spinal cord
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Nervous System
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