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Term | Definition |
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anxi/o | Anxious; uneasy |
cephal/o | head |
cephal/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | crebrum |
contus/ | to bruise |
crani/o | skull |
dur/o | dura mater |
encephal/o | brain |
esthes/o; esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
gli/o | glue |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
isch/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 | nerver root |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
synaps/o | point of contact; to join |
synapt/o | point of contact; to join |
syncop/o | to cut off; cut short; faint |
tax/o | coordination; order |
tempor/o | the temples |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
troph/o | development; 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; behind |
Quadri- | four |
Sub- | below; under |
-al, -ar, -eal, ial, -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
-algesia | pain; sensitivity |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-e | (Non 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 break down or destruction |
-orexia | appetite |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-paresis | weakness |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-taxia | muscle coordination |
-tropic | turning |
-um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |