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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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