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MedTemCp10CFSP
MedTemCp10 Combing Form Suffixes and Prefixes
| CFPS | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cerbell/o | cerebellum |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| Dur/o | dura mater |
| Encephal | brain |
| Gli/o | glial cells |
| Lept/o | thin, slender |
| Mening/o, meningi/o | membrances, meninges |
| My/o | muscle |
| Myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Pont/o | pons |
| Radicul/o | nerve root(of spinal nerves) |
| Thalam/o | thalamus |
| Thec/o | sheath, meninges |
| Vag/o | vagus nerve |
| Kines/o | movement |
| Kinesi/o | movement |
| Alges/o | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -blast | immature |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| Polio | gray matter |
| Caus/o | burning |
| Comat/o | deep sleep, coma |
| Esthesi/o | feeling, nervous sensation |
| -esthesia | feeling, nervous sensation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -kinesis | movement |
| -kinetic | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| Lex/o | word, phrase |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -phasia | speech |
| -plega | paralysis |
| -praxia | action |
| -sthenia | strengh |
| Syncop/o | to cut off, cut short |
| Tax/o | order, coordination |