Combining forms
narc/o means
numbness; sleep; stupor
pol/o
extreme
schiz/o
split
tempor/o
the temples
ventricul/o
ventricle
neur/o means
nerve
poli/o
gray matter
somat/o
body
thalam/o
thalamus
vertebr
vertebrae, spinal column
phas/o means
speech
pont/ o
pons
synaps/o
synapt/o
point of contact/ to join
thec/o
sheath
crani/o
skull
phob/o means
fear
psych/o
mind
syncop/o
to cut off, cut off short, faint
traumat/o
trauma,injury
dendr/o
tree like, branches
phren/o
mind
radicul/o
nerve root
tax/o
coordination; order
troph/o
development, nourishment
dur/o
dura mater