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.

hydro lepsy esthesia narco lysis
a algia occulta para neur/o
itis post an trophy

(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:

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Answer:

(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