Nervous System Medical Terms

Tumor of the meninges

• quadriplegia

• meningioma

• meningitis

• cephagia

Paralysis of all four extremities

• quadriplegia

• paraplegia

• hemiplegia

• akinesia

Inflammation of the brain

• meningitis

• discectomy

• appendicitis

• encephalitis

The medical term for a headache

• craniotomy

• cephalgia

• microcephaly

• polyneitritis

Surgical incision of the skull

• aphagia

• craniectomy

• hemiparesis

• craniotomy

Paralysis of one half of the body (either right or left side)

• quadriplegia

• paraplegia

• hemiplegia

• glioma

Loss of ability to eat or swallow

• dysuria

• cephalgia

• dysphagia

• aphagia

Inflammation involving many nerves

• arthritis

• polyneuritis

• polymyelitis

• appendicitis

Brain disease

• encephalopathy

• encephalitis

• craniotomy

• craniectomy

Loss or lack of voluntary movement

• amnesia

• analgesia

• akinesia

• aphasia