Medical Terminology

Nervous system

Medical Terminology

• Combining form Definition• electro/o electricity • encephal/o brain• cerebr/o cerebrum • mening/o meninges• neur/o nerve• phas/o speech

Medical Terminology

• Electroencephalogram• Electr/o/encephal/o/gram• A recording of the electrical impulses by the brain• Encephalitis• Encephal/itis• Inflammation of the brain• Aphasia• A/phas/ia• Pertaining to no(without) speech; or inability to

speak(stroke)

Medical Terminology

• Meningitis• Mening/itis• Inflammation of the meninges• Meningocele• Mening/o/cele• Displacement or swelling in the brain(as

known as spina bifida)

Medical Terminology

• Word Parts Definition• myel/o spinal cord• -phobia fear• -mania madness • -esthesia sensation; feeling

• -graphy process of recording

• -plegia paralysis

Medical Terminology• Myelitis• Myel/itis• Inflammation of the spinal cord• Anesthesia• An/esthes/ia• Pertaining to without feeling/sensation• Hemiplegia• Hemi/pleg/ia• Pertaining to half(one side of the body) paralysis• Encephalography• Encephal/o/graphy• Recording or measuring the brain

Abbreviations Related To The Nervous System

• AD: • Alzheimer's disease• ADH• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder• CP: • cerebral palsy• CSF: • cerebrospinal fluid• EEG: • electroencephalography• EPAN: • epidural anesthesia

Abbreviations Related To The Nervous System

• ICP: • intracranial pressure• LOC: • loss of consciousness• MS: • multiple sclerosis• OCD: • obsessive-compulsive disorder