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nervous
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anxi/o | anxious; uneasy |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| contus/o | to bruise |
| crani/o | skull |
| dendr/o | tree-like; branches |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| esthes/o, esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| gangli/o | tumor; cystic tumor |
| gli/o | glue |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| iatr/o | physician; treatment |
| isch/o | back; to hold back |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin plate or layer; arch |
| lex/o | word |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| megal/o | large; great; grand |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
| 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 | nerve root |
| schiz/o | split |
| somat/o | body |
| synaps/o, 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 (meninges) |
| traumat/o | trauma; injury; wound |
| troph/o | development; nourishment |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae; spinal column bones |
| af- | toward; near |
| bi- | two; both |
| con- | together; with |
| dys- | painful; difficult |
| ef- | out of; outside |
| en- | in within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hemi- | half |
| intra- | within; into |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one; single |
| par-, para- | near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal |
| poly | many; much |
| post- | after; behind |
| quadri- | four |
| soma- | body |
| sub- | below under |
| -algesia | pain; sensitivity |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -cele | hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -ferent | to carry |
| -glia | glue |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process;state; condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -leptic | to seize; take hold of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | breakdown;separation loosening |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -osis | process; abnormal condition |
| -paresis | weakness |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -taxia | muscle coordination |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -tropic | turning |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
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