TRANSLATIONS
EXAMPLES
Central Nervous System
CNS tumors are the rarest tumors.
ABBREV
1 CNS
(brain & spinal cord)
PREFIX
2 di
3 para
ROOT
4 audio
5 cortex
6 encephal(o)
7 gloss(o)
8 lingu(o)
9 meningi(o)
2, double
diencephalic, diuretic, didactic, dizygotic
beside, near
paralysis, paraproctitis, paraprofessional
sound
audiologist, audiobook, audiometry, audiovisual
outer layer
neocortex, cerebral cortex, renal cortex, cortical
brain
encephalitis, encephalopathy
tongue
hypoglossal, glossalgia, aglossia
tongue
bilingual, sublingual, linguistics
meninges
meningitis, menigiococcal, meningioma
(tough membranes around the CNS)
10
11
12
13
14
15
ment
mind
mental, dementia
myelo
spinal cord (also bone marrow)
myeloma, myeloid, myelopathy
oculo
eye
binocular, intraocular, monocular
psycho
mind
psychology, psychopath, psychotic
sclero
hardened
scleroderma, sclerosis, scleropathy
vagus
wandering
vagus nerve, vasovagal reaction
kinesia
movement
akinesia, hyperkinesia, kinetic
lepsy
seizure
epilepsy, narcolepsy
lysis
destruction
paralysis, cytolysis
mit
send
transmit, remit, transmission
phasia
speech
aphasia, polyphasia, dysphasia
plegia
paralysis
paraplegia, quadriplegia, gastroplegia
spasm
tic, sudden involuntary muscle
contraction
myoplasm, bronchospasm, arteriospasm
a/an
algia
c/s/p/a
cephalo
cerebro
CVA
de
esthesia
gen
gram/graph
hyper
hypo
inter
intra
neuro
oid
SUFFIX
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17
18
19
20
21
22
ology
ophthalmo
oro
oto
rhino
sub
trophy