Construct the proper medical terms for the statements. You have an assortment of prefixes, roots, combining forms, and suffixes with which to construct your terms. Fill in the blanks.

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(a) Recurring episodes of falling asleep during the day:
(b) Complete loss of sensation:
(c) Pain in the distribution of a nerve:
(d) Wasting away of tissue:
(e) Derived from a word meaning hidden:

(a)Narcolepsy

(b)Hypoesthesia

(c) Neurolgia

(d) Atrophy

(e) Occulta

Explanation:

Narcolepsy: A medical term used for a neurological disorder that is marked by the recurrent, sudden, uncontrollable compulsion to sleep.

Hypoesthesia: Hypoesthesia is a medical term used for partial or total loss of sensation in a part of your body

Neurolgia: Neuralgia is a medical term refers to severe, shooting pain that occurs due to a damaged or irritated nerve. Neuralgia can affect any part of the body, causing mild to severe pain.

Atrophy:decrease in size or wasting away of body part or tissue

Occulta: is word used in medical which means hidden

for example:

Spina bifida occulta derived from three words

Spina= Latin: “spine”

Bifida= Latin:“split”

Occulta = Latin: “hidden.” (Unlike in “open” spina bifida, the defect in spina bifida occulta is not visible.)

Spina bifida occulta is a malformation of one or more vertebrae (bones of the spine).  It is sometimes called “closed” spina bifida. In most cases, spina bifida occulta causes no problems

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