Root Words
Cerebell/o
What is Cerebellum?
Meningioma
What is Tumor of the Meninges?
Epilepsy
What is Condition Characterized y Recurrent Seizures?
AD
What is Alzheimer Disease?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
What is Disorder Characterize by Intrusive, Unwanted Thought that Result in the Tendency to Perform Repetitive Acts or Rituals (Compulsions), usually as a means of Releasing Tension or Anxiety?
Thromb/o
What is Blood Clot?
Rhizomeningomyelitis
What is Inflammation of the Nerve Root, Meninges, and Spinal Cord?
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
What is Condition Characterized by Lack of Muscle Control and Partial Paralysis, caused by a Brain Defect or Lesion Present at Birth or Shortly After?
EP Studies
What is Evoked Potential Studies?
Anorexia Nervosa
What is Eating Disorder Characterized by a Disturbed Perception of Body Image Resulting in Failure to Maintain Body Weights, Intensive Fear of Gaining Weight, Pronounced Desire for Thinness, and, in Females, Amenorrhea?
-ictal
What is Seizure, Attack?
Subdural Hematoma
What is Pertaining to Below the Dura Mater, Tumor of Blood?
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
What is Progressive Muscle Atrophy caused by Degeneration and Scarring of Neurons along the Lateral Columns of the Spinal Cord that Control Muscles (Lou Gehrig Disease)?
CVA
What is Cerebrovascular Accident?
Bulimia Nervosa
What is Eating Disorder Characterized by Uncontrolled Binge Eating Followed by a Purging?
-iatry
What is Treatment, Specialty?
Interictal
What is (Occurring) between Seizures or Attacks?
Sciatica
What is Inflammation of the Sciatic Nerve, causing Pain that Travels from the Thigh through the Leg to the Foot and Toes; can be caused by Injury, Infection, Arthritis, Herniated Disk, or from Prolonged Pressure on the Nerve from Sitting for Long Periods?
EEG
What is Electroencephalogram
Pica
What is Compulsive Eating of Nonnutritive Substances such as Clay or Ice (May be a Result of Iron Deficiency)?
Rhiz/o
What is Nerve Root?
Cerebral Embolism
What is Pertaining to the Cerebrum, State of a Plug?
Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?
Somatoform Disorder
What is Disorder Characterized by Physical Symptoms for which no known Physical cause Exists?