Sensitivity to pain

Example: Analgesic – a medication that reduces or eliminates pain.

Head

Example: Cephalalgia – a headache.

Brain, cerebrum

Example: Cerebrospinal – relating to the brain and spinal cord.

To shake violently

Example: Concussion – a violent shaking of the brain, often due to injury.

Skull

Example: Craniotomy – a surgical incision into the skull.

Dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)

Example: Subdural – located beneath the dura mater.

Brain

Example: Encephalopathy – a disease of the brain.

Sensation, feeling

Example: Anesthesia – loss of sensation, typically induced for medical procedures.

Ganglion (a cluster of nerve cell bodies)

Example: Ganglioneuroma – a tumor of a nerve ganglion.

Water, fluid

Example: Hydrocephalus – an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the brain.

Lobe

Example: Lobectomy – surgical removal of a lobe of the brain.

Mind, chin

Example: Dementia – a decline in mental abilities, typically due to disease or injury.

Meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

Example: Meningitis – inflammation of the meninges.

One, single

Example: Monoplegia – paralysis of one limb.

 Spinal cord, bone marrow

Example: Myelitis – inflammation of the spinal cord.

Nerve

Example: Neurology – the study of the nervous system.

Speech

Example: Paraphasia – a condition in which a person substitutes incorrect words, sounds, or non-words in their speech.

Gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)

Example: Poliomyelitis – an infectious disease affecting the gray matter of the spinal cord.

Pons (a part of the brainstem)

Example: Pontocerebellar – relating to the pons and cerebellum.

Mind

Example: Psychiatry – the study and treatment of mental illness.

Nerve root

Example: Radiculodynia – pain caused by irritation or injury to the nerve roots.

Vagus nerve (a cranial nerve)

Example: Vagotomy – surgical cutting of the vagus nerve.