Nervous System Terms

poli/o

• gray matter

• white matter

• extreme

• mood

dys-

• pain

• sensation

• difficult; painful

• function

-algesia

• sensation; feeling

• pain; sensitivity

• weakness

• paralysis

phren/o

• brain

• nerve

• meninges

• mind

poly-

• glue

• many; much

• one; single

• sheath

schiz/o

• crazy

• mood

• personality

• split

hemi-

• two

• half

• double

• fast

isch/o

• stroke

• seizure

• sleep

• back; to hold back

hydr/o

• sleep

• cold

• water

• lamina

contus/o

• to bruise

• pain

• neuron

• nerves