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