Abbrevations
Prefixes
Combining forms/root
Suffixes
Vocabulary
100

Magentic Resonance Imaging

What is MRI?

100

above/excessive 

what is hyper?

100

Neuro

what is nerve?

100

Study of 

what is olgist?

100

Neurology

What is the study of nerves?

200

Traumatic Brain Injury

What is TBI?

200

Half side 

What is hemi?

200

Crani/o

what is skull?

200

specialist 

What is ologist?
200

pertaining to the skull 

what is cranial?

300

Central Nervous System

What is CNS?

300

below/under

what is sub?

300

meingi/o


what is meninges

300

inflammation 

what is itis?

300

Weakness on one side of the body

What is hemiparasis?

400

sudden interruption of blood flow to the brain

What is CVA?

400

Without/Absences of 

What is A/AN?

400

myel/o

what is spinal cord?

400

Protrusion

What is Cele?

400

Pertaining to the body

what is somatic?

500

Cerebrospinal fluid 

What is CSF?

500
abnormal/difficult 

what is DYS?

500

poli/o

What is gray matter?

500

Pertaining to 

what is AL?

500

paralysis on one side of the body 

what is hemiplegia?