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Nervous
Chapter 9, prefix and suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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