Combining Form
Caus/o
Burning
-esthesia
Feeling, nervous sensation
Cerebellopontine
Pertaining to the cerebellum and the pons
Palsy
Paralysis (partial or complete loss of motor function)
Cephalgia
Lex/o
Word, phase
-lepsy
Seizure
Ataxia
No muscular coordination
Spina bifida
Congenital defects in the lumbar spinal column cause by imperfect union of vertebral parts (neural tube defect)
Encephalopathy
Any disease of the brain
Thec/o
Sheath (refers to meninges)
-paresis
Weakness
Aphasia
Condition of inability to speak
Meningitis
Inflammation of the meninges
-praxia
Action
Radicul/o
Nerve root (of spinal nerves)
-phasia
Speech
Poliomyelitis
Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
Herpes Zoster
(Shingles) Viral infection affecting peripheral nerves
Huntington Disease
Heredity disorder marked by the degenerative changes in the cerebrum leading to abrupt involuntary movements and mental deterioration
Syncop/o
To cut off, cut short
-sthenia
Strength
Intrathecal injection
Placement of substances (medications) into the subarachnoid space
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Disruption in the normal blood supply to the brain; stroke
Leptomeningeal
Pertaining to the pia mater and arachnoid membranes of the meninges