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Brain, Nerves & Mind — Word Roots
Word roots naming the brain, spinal cord, nerves and the mind — including roots for sensation, movement and sleep.
This page lists all 16 of them. Open any root for example words that use it.
| Word part | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| alges | Word root | sensitivity to pain |
| cerebr | Word root | cerebrum |
| crani | Word root | skull; cranium |
| encephal | Word root | brain |
| esthesi | Word root | sensation; feeling |
| gangli | Word root | ganglion; cluster of nerve cells |
| hypn | Word root | sleep |
| mening | Word root | meninges; membranes |
| myel | Word root | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| neur | Word root | nerve |
| noc | Word root | harm, injury; pain signal in nociception |
| phas | Word root | speech |
| psych | Word root | mind |
| radicul | Word root | nerve root |
| somn | Word root | sleep |
| vestibul | Word root | vestibule of the inner ear, entrance space |
Please note: This section teaches the language of medicine — what word parts mean and how terms are built. It is an educational reference, not medical advice. For the meaning of a word in your own medical record, ask the clinician who wrote it.