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Nervous
Chapter 9, prefix and suffix
Term | Definition |
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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 (Algia=pain.) | pain; sensitivity |
-algia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness |
-cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-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 (no possible movements) | paralysis |
-rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-taxia | muscle coordination |
-tropic | turning |
-us,-us | structure;tissue;thing |