Nervous system word roots, terms, and abbreviations used in clinical documentation.
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- What does the root neur/o mean?
- Nerve
- What does the combining form cerebr/o mean?
- Brain (cerebrum)
- What does the combining form encephal/o mean?
- Brain
- What does the combining form myel/o mean in a nervous system context?
- Spinal cord
- What does the combining form mening/o mean?
- Meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
- What does the combining form gli/o mean?
- Neuroglia (glial cells), the supportive cells of the nervous system
- What does the combining form cerebell/o mean?
- Cerebellum
- What does the combining form thalam/o mean?
- Thalamus
- What does the combining form radicul/o mean?
- Nerve root
- What does the prefix a- or an- mean?
- Without or not
- What does the prefix hemi- mean?
- Half
- What does the prefix quadri- mean?
- Four
- What does the suffix -algia mean?
- Pain
- What does the suffix -plegia mean?
- Paralysis
- What does the suffix -paresis mean?
- Slight or partial paralysis, weakness