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Nervous system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxi/o | anxious; uneasy |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cereb/o | cerebrum |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| crani/o | skull |
| dur/o | dura matter |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthes/o; esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| gli/o | glue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| ischo/o | back; to hold back |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lex/o | word |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o; meningi/o | meninges |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| phob/o | fear |
| phren/o | mind |
| pol/o | extreme |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| psych/o | mind |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| schiz/o | split |
| somat/o | body |
| synaps/o; synapt/o | point of contact; to join |
| tax/o | coordination; order |
| tempor/o | the temples |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
| troph/o | developments; nourishment |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| bi- | two; both |
| con- | together; with |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| en- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hemi- | half |
| intra- | within; into |
| mono- | one; single |
| par-, para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly- | many; much |
| post- | after; beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| sub- | below; under |
| -al; -ar; -eal; -ial; -ic; -tic | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain; sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hearnia; swelling; prostrution |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | to seize; take hold of |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; loosening |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rraphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -tropic | turning |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| syncop- | to cut off; cut short; faint |
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