neur/o

Medical Root
neur/o

neur/o means nerve (from the Greek).

What does neur/o mean?

The root neur/o means "nerve". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using neur/o

WordMeaning
neurologystudy of the nervous system
neuropathynerve disease

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