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Combining Forms
Disease and Disorder Terms
Complementary Terms
Behavioral Health
Surgical Terms
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Cerebell/o
What is Cerebellum
100
Occurs when there is an interruption of blood supply to a region of the brain, depriving nerve cells in the affected area of oxygen and nutrients.
What is Stroke
100
Paralysis of half (right or left side of the body) Stroke is the most common cause of this
What is Hemiplegia
100
Disorder characterized by a chronic, debilitating emotional response to a traumatic event perceived as life threatening or severe emotional stress.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD
100
Incision into a nerve root
What is Rhizotomy or Radicotomy
200
Encephal/o
What is the brain
200
Viral disease that affects the peripheral nerves and causes blisters on the skin that follow the course of the affected nerves. also known as Herpes Zoster
What is Shingles
200
Hardening of the brain
What is Encephalosclerosis
200
Any one of a large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality, disturbance of language and communication, withdrawal from social interaction, and disorganization and fragmentation of thought, perception, and emotional reaction.
What is Schizophrenia
200
Suturing of a nerve
What is Neurorrhaphy
300
Ganglion
What is Ganglion/o and Gangli/o
300
Paralysis of muscles on one side of the face caused by inflammation or compression of the facial nerve-cranial nerve VII.
What is Bell Palsy
300
Occurring after a seizure or attack
What is Postictal
300
Eating disorder characterized by uncontrolled binge eating followed by purging (induced vomiting)
What is Bulimia Nervosa
300
Dissolution of a nerve (for pain management)
What is Neurolysis
400
Meninges
What is Mening/o and Meningi/o
400
Progressive muscle atrophy caused by degeneration and scarring of neurons along the lateral columns of the spinal cord that control muscles.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
400
Pertaining to below the dura mater
What is Subdural
400
Specialist of the mind
What is Psychologist
400
Surgical repair of a nerve
What is Neuroplasty
500
Radic/o, Radicul/o, Rhiz/o
What is Nerve root
500
Bleeding into the brain as a result of a ruptured blood vessel within the brain. Symptoms vary depending on the location of the hemorrhage. Cause of Hemorrhagic Stroke
What is Intracerebral Hemorrhage
500
Softening of the spinal cord
What is Myelomalacia
500
Abnormal condition of the mind (major mental disorder characterized by extreme derangement, often with delusions and hallucinations)
What is Psychosis or Psychoses
500
Excision of a ganglion
What is Ganglionectomy or Gangliectomy