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MED104 Ch5.1
Prefixes/Suffixes (Nervous)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Psych/o, Phren/o, Ment- | mind (psychology, phrenetic, mental) |
| -asthenia | weakness (myasthenia) |
| -mania | excessive desire (kleptomania) |
| Phas/o | speech (aphasia) |
| Lob/o | lobe (lobectomy) |
| Gnosi/o | know (diagnosis) |
| Hypn/o, Somn/o, Somn/i | sleep (hypnosis, insomnia) |
| Esthesi/o | feeling, sensation (anesthesia) |
| -phobia | excessive fear or sensitivity (hydrophobia) |
| -clonus | turmoil (myoclonus) |
| -ambul | walk (somnambulism) |
| hemi- | half (hemiparesis) |
| caus- | burn (causalgia) |
| Acr/o | heights (acrophobia) |
| Agora- | marketplace (agoraphobia) |
| Photo- | light (photophobia) |
| -ictal | seizure (interictal) |
| macro- | large (macrocephaly) |
| micro- | small (microcephaly) |
| pseud/o | false (pseudonym) |
| mono- | one (monoplegia) |
| Thromb/o | clot (thrombosis) |
| astr/o | star (astrocytes) |
| blast/o | sprout (glioblastoma) |