Meaning: Blood condition

Example: Ischemia – a condition where the blood supply to a part of the body, often the heart, is restricted or reduced

Meaning: Surgical removal

Example: Atherectomy – removal of plaque from an artery.

• Meaning: Process of recording
• Example: Electrocardiography – recording the electrical activity of the heart.

Meaning: Inflammation

Example: Myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle.

Meaning: Destruction, breakdown

Example: Thrombolysis – the breakdown of a blood clot.

Meaning: Enlargement

Example: Cardiomegaly – enlargement of the heart.

Meaning: Abnormal condition

Example: Arteriosclerosis – hardening of the arteries.

Meaning: Deficiency

Example: Leukopenia – a deficiency of white blood cells.

Meaning: Surgical repair

Example: Valvuloplasty – surgical repair of a heart valve.

Meaning: Bursting forth, excessive flow

Example: Hemorrhage – excessive bleeding (in a short amount of time).

stasis

Meaning: Stopping, controlling

Example: Hemostasis – stopping of blood flow.

Meaning: Condition of cells

Example: Thrombocytosis – an abnormal increase in the number of platelets.

Meaning: Vessel (usually blood or lymph)

Example: Angioplasty – a procedure to mechanically widen a narrowed or blocked blood vessels.

Meaning: Aorta

Example: Aortostenosis– narrowing of the aorta.

Meaning: Artery

Example: Arteriogram– an xray of an artery.

Meaning: Fatty plaque

Example: Atheroma– a fatty deposit or plaque within the wall of an artery.

Meaning: Capillaries (the smallest blood vessels)

Example: capillaroscope – an instrument used to examine capillaries.

Meaning: Heart

Example: Cardiomyopathy – the general term for diseases that affect the heart muscle.

Meaning: Color

Example: Hemochromatosis – a condition where excess iron is stored in the body, affecting skin color.

Meaning: Red

Example: Erythrocyte – a red blood cell.

Meaning: Blood

Example: Hemoglobin– a protein in red blood cells.

Meaning: White

Example: Leukocyte – a white blood cell.

Meaning: Restriction, deficiency

Example: Ischemic– a condition or process involving restricted blood flow to a part of the body.

Meaning: Muscle

Example: Myocardium – the muscular tissue of the heart.

Meaning: Vein

Example: Phlebotomy – the process of making an incision into a vein, typically to draw blood.

Meaning: Hardening

Example: Sclerotherapy – a treatment method used to harden and close off abnormal or damaged blood vessels such as varicose veins.

Meaning: Narrowing

Example: Stenocardia - a condition of chest pain caused by the narrowing of blood vessels to the heart.

Meaning: Clot

Example: Thrombosis – formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel.

Meaning: Valve

Example: Valvulopathy – a disease or disorder affecting the heart valves.

Meaning: Vessel

Example: Vasospasm – A sudden constriction of a blood vessel.

Meaning: Vein

Example: Venous – related to the veins.

Meaning: Without

Example: Aphasia – a condition characterized by the complete loss of ability to speak or understand language.

Meaning: Without, not

Example: Anencephaly – a condition where a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp is absent.

Meaning: Difficult, painful, abnormal

Example: Dysphasia – difficulty speaking.

Meaning: Half

Example: Hemiparesis – weakness on one side of the body.

Meaning: Excessive, above normal

Example: Hyperreflexia – exaggerated reflexes.

Meaning: Not, inward

Example: Insomnia – inability to sleep.

Meaning: Between

Example: Interneuron – a neuron that transmits signals between other neurons.

Meaning: Within, inside

Example: Intracranial – located or occurring within the skull.

Meaning: All, entire

Example: Panhypopituitarism – decreased function of all pituitary hormones, affecting the nervous system.

Meaning: Beside, abnormal

Example: Paraplegia – paralysis of the lower half of the body.

Meaning: Many

Example: Polyneuropathy – damage or disease affecting multiple nerves.

Meaning: After

Example: Postictal – the state following a seizure.

Meaning: Before

Example: Presynaptic – relating to the area before a synapse.

Meaning: Under, below

Example: Subdural – located beneath the dura mater, a membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Meaning: Pain

Example: Neuralgia – nerve pain.

Meaning: Hernia, swelling

Example: Meningocele – hernial protrusion of the meninges.

Meaning: Cell

Example: Gliocyte – a glial cell.

Meaning: Surgical removal

Example: Ganglionectomy – surgical removal of a ganglion.

Meaning: Producing, originating, or causing

Example: Myogenic – originating in muscle tissue but affecting the nervous system.

Meaning: Record or image

Example: Myelogram – an imaging record of the spinal cord.

Meaning: Instrument used to record

Example: Electroencephalograph – an instrument for recording brain activity.

Meaning: Process of recording

Example: Myelography – imaging of the spinal cord.

Meaning: Specialist in treatment

Example: Psychiatrist – a specialist in treating mental disorders.

Meaning: Field of medicine, treatment

Example: Psychiatry – the medical field focusing on mental health.

Meaning: Inflammation\

Example: Encephalitis – inflammation of the brain.

Meaning: Seizure

Example: Epilepsy – a condition characterized by recurrent seizures.

Meaning: Specialist in a field of study

Example: Psychologist – a specialist in the study of the mind and behavior.

Meaning: Abnormal softening

Example: Encephalomalacia – softening of the brain tissue.

Meaning: Madness or excessive preoccupation

Example: Pyromania – excessive preoccupation with fire (can involve neurological or psychiatric evaluation).

Meaning: Resembling or like

Example: Myeloid – resembling or related to the spinal cord or bone marrow.

Meaning: Tumor, swelling

Example: Glioma – a tumor of glial cells.

Meaning: Disease

Example: Radiculopathy – a disease or disorder affecting a nerve root.

Meaning: Fear

Example: Agoraphobia – fear of open or public spaces, related to mental health.

Meaning: Suturing or stitching

Example: Myelorraphy – suturing of the spinal cord.

Meaning: Cutting or surgical incision

Example: Neurotomy – surgical incision into a nerve.

Meaning: Having an affinity for, influencing

Example: Psychotropic – substances that affect mental activity, behavior, or perception.

Meaning: Sensitivity to pain

Example: Analgesic – a medication that reduces or eliminates pain.

Meaning: Head

Example: Cephalalgia – a headache.

Meaning: Brain, cerebrum

Example: Cerebrospinal – relating to the brain and spinal cord.

Meaning: Cerebellum (part of the brain)

Example: Cerebellitis – inflammation of the cerebellum.

Meaning: To shake violently

Example: Concussion – a violent shaking of the brain, often due to injury.

Meaning: Skull

Example: Craniotomy – a surgical incision into the skull.

Meaning: Dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)

Example: Subdural – located beneath the dura mater.

Meaning: Brain

Example: Encephalopathy – a disease of the brain.

Meaning: Sensation, feeling

Example: Anesthesia – loss of sensation, typically induced for medical procedures.

Meaning: Ganglion (a cluster of nerve cell bodies)

Example: Ganglioneuroma – a tumor of a nerve ganglion.

• Meaning: Water, fluid
• Example: Hydrocephalus – an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain.

• Meaning: Lobe
• Example: Lobectomy – surgical removal of a lobe of the brain.

• Meaning: Mind, chin
• Example: Dementia – a decline in mental abilities, typically due to disease or injury.

• Meaning: Meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
• Example: Meningitis – inflammation of the meninges.

• Meaning: One, single
• Example: Monoplegia – paralysis of one limb.

• Meaning: Spinal cord, bone marrow
• Example: Myelitis – inflammation of the spinal cord.

• Meaning: Nerve
• Example: Neurology – the study of the nervous system.

• Meaning: Speech
• Example: Paraphasia – a condition in which a person substitutes incorrect words, sounds, or non-words in their speech.

Meaning: Gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)

• Example: Poliomyelitis – an infectious disease affecting the gray matter of the spinal cord.

Meaning: Pons (a part of the brainstem)

• Example: Pontocerebellar – relating to the pons and cerebellum.

• Meaning: Mind
• Example: Psychiatry – the study and treatment of mental illness.

• Meaning: Nerve root
• Example: Radiculodynia – pain caused by irritation or injury to the nerve roots

• Meaning: Vagus nerve (a cranial nerve)
• Example: Vagotomy – surgical cutting of the vagus nerve.