Below are terms built from word parts. Analyze each term presented below and list and define the word parts used to build each term.
Medical Term
1. cranial
2. neuroglial
3. somatic
4. anesthesiology
5. hemiparesis
6. hemiplegia
7. neurology
8. amyotrophic
9. meningocele
10. myelomeningocele
11. poliomyelitis
12. schizophrenia
13. kleptomania
14. electroencephalography
15. analgesic
1. crani/o = skull; -al = pertaining to
2. neur/o = nerve; gli/o = glue; -al = pertaining to
3. somat/o = body; -ic = pertaining to
4. an- = without; esthesi/o = sensation, feeling; -logy = study of
5. hemi- = half; -paresis = weakness
6. hemi- = half; -plegia = paralysis
7. neur/o = nerve; -logy = study of
8. a- = without; my/o = muscle; -trophic = pertaining to development
9. mening/o = meninges; -cele = protrusion
10. myel/o = spinal cord; mening/o = meninges; -cele = protrusion
11. poli/o = gray matter; myel/o = spinal cord; -itis = inflammation
12. schiz/o = split; phren/o = mind; -ia = condition
13. klept/o = to steal; -mania = frenzy
14. electr/o = electricity; encephal/o = brain; -graphy = process of recording
15. an- = without; alges/o = sense of pain, -ic = pertaining to
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