| A | B |
|---|
| algia | pain |
| kinesis | movement |
| phasia | speech |
| cele | hernia |
| logist | specialist |
| plegia | paralysis |
| esthesia | sensation |
| malacia | softening |
| schisis | splitting |
| gram | record |
| oma | tumor/mass |
| stomy | new opening |
| itis | inflammation |
| pathy | disease |
| taxia | order |
| a | no/not/lack of |
| mono | one |
| di | two |
| para- | near /beside/abnomal |
| dys | difficult |
| polio | gray |
| hyper | excessive |
| poly | many |
| quadri | four |
| electro | electric |
| myelo | bone marrow/spinal cord |
| encephalo | brain |
| radiculo | nerve roots |
| neuro | nerve |
| ventriculo | ventricles |
| meningo | meninges |
| neurolysis | destruction of nerves |
| intracerebral | pert. to in the brain |
| dyskinesia | abnormal movement |
| hemiplegia | paralysis of half the body |
| aphasia | no speech |
| cerebrospinal | pert. to the brain and spine |
| epidural | pert. to upon the dura mater |
| pachymeningitis | inflam. of dura mater |
| myelomeningocele | hernia of the spinal cord and meninges |
| hematoma | growth(collection) of blood |
| echoencephalography | process of recording the brain through sound waves |
| corticospinal | pert. to the cortex and spine |
| cerebellar | pert. to the cerebellum |
| thalamocortical | pert. to the thalamus and cortex |
| cerebrovascular | pert. to the brain and vessels |
| myoneural | pert. to muscle and nerve |
| anesthesia | loss of sensation |
| demyelination | (process of) lack of myelin sheath |
| hydrocephalus | accumulation of fluid on the brain |
| myeloshisis | splitting of the spinal cord |
| myelomeningocele | herniation of the spinal cord and meninges |
| ataxia | no order(no muscle coordination) |
| polyneuritis | inflammation of many nerves |
| paraplegia | paralysis of lower body and legs |
| myeloradiculitis | infammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots |
| poliomyelitis | inflammation of the gray (matter) of the spinal cord |
| dysphasia | difficult speech |
| hyperkinesis | excessive movement |
| neuralgia | pain in the nerves |
| encephalopathy | any disease of the brain |
| paresthesia | abnormal sensation, numbness tingling |
| monoplegia | paralysis of one extremity |
| myelogram | record of the spinal cord |
| neurologist | specialist in the studyof dx and tx of nervous system disorders |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four limbs |
| electroencephalogram | recod of the electrical activity of the brain |
| encephalomalacia | softening of the brain |
| ventriculostomy | a new opening in the ventricles |
| meningoencephalitis | inflammation of the meninges and the brain |
| diplegia | paralysis of like extemities on both sides of the body |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | computed tomography |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| BBB | blood brain barrier |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
