Handout: Latin-Greek Vocabulary for Neuropsychology

	PSY 448 Clinical Neuropsychology	Last revised: 08/29/03
Latin-Greek Vocabulary for Neuropsychology

Not, NO, Unable, Negative A- (before consonents) Greek = Alpha A (A)
An- (before vowels)

Bad, Difficult, Abnormal, Impaired Dys-        Greek = Dus or Dys (Dus)

Good, Happy, Able Eu-           Greek = Eu (Eu)

Calculation; figure numbers
Reckoning Acalculia = Unable to do numbers or arithmetic A- + Calculus (Little pebble used in games to keep track)

Seeing color Achromatopsia = Unable to see color(s) A - + Chromos (Color) + Opsis (Sight)

Knowledgeable; aware of Agnosia = Does not know; unaware A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)

Writing Agraphia = Unable to write A- + Graphos (Writing)

Reading Alexia = Unable/difficulty to read
Dyslexia = Difficulty reading A- + Lexia (Reading)
Dys- + Lexia (Reading)

Speaking Aphasia = Unable to speak
Dysphasia = Difficulty speaking A- + Phasia (Speech)
Dys- + Phasia

Doing things Apraxia = Unable to do
Dyspraxia A- + Praxis (Doing; Work)

Recognizes faces Prosopagnosia = Unable to recognize a face Prosopos (mask or face) + A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)

Able to perceive simultaneous stimulation Simultanagnosia = Unable to recognized stimulation applied simultaneously or at the same time Simul (together; at the same time) + A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)

Two objects are

ipsilateral if the are on the same side of the brain
contralateral if they are on opposite sides of the brain
bilateral if they are on both sides of the brain

Structures carrying information

TO the brain are AFFERENT (Ad + Ferre)
FROM the brain are EFFERENT (Ex + Ferre)


Nucleus (plural: Nuclei)
Ganglion (plural: Ganglia)

Not, NO, Unable, Negative	A- (before consonents) Greek = Alpha A (A) An- (before vowels)
Bad, Difficult, Abnormal, Impaired	Dys- Greek = Dus or Dys (Dus)
Good, Happy, Able	Eu- Greek = Eu (Eu)

Calculation; figure numbers Reckoning	Acalculia = Unable to do numbers or arithmetic	A- + Calculus (Little pebble used in games to keep track)
Seeing color	Achromatopsia = Unable to see color(s)	A - + Chromos (Color) + Opsis (Sight)
Knowledgeable; aware of	Agnosia = Does not know; unaware	A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)
Writing	Agraphia = Unable to write	A- + Graphos (Writing)
Reading	Alexia = Unable/difficulty to read Dyslexia = Difficulty reading	A- + Lexia (Reading) Dys- + Lexia (Reading)
Speaking	Aphasia = Unable to speak Dysphasia = Difficulty speaking	A- + Phasia (Speech) Dys- + Phasia
Doing things	Apraxia = Unable to do Dyspraxia	A- + Praxis (Doing; Work)
Recognizes faces	Prosopagnosia = Unable to recognize a face	Prosopos (mask or face) + A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)
Able to perceive simultaneous stimulation	Simultanagnosia = Unable to recognized stimulation applied simultaneously or at the same time	Simul (together; at the same time) + A- + Gnosis (Knowledge)