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Mental Health
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| amnes/o | forgetfulness |
| anxi/o | fear, worry |
| compuls/o | drive, compel |
| crani/o | skull |
| delus/o | false belief |
| depress/o | to press down |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hallucin/o | imagined perception |
| ment/o | mind |
| narc/o | stupor, sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obsess/o | besieged by thoughts |
| ped/o | child |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| phob/o | irrational fear |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| soci/o | society |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| vers/o | to turn |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ia | condition |
| -iatric | pertaining to medical treatment |
| -iatrist | physician |
| -iatry | medical treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -orexia | appetite |
| -philic | pertaining to being attracted to |
| -phoria | condition to bear |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| ab- | away from |
| an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| auto- | self |
| bi- | two |
| de- | without |
| dis- | apart from |
| dys | painful, difficult, abnormal |
| ex- | outward |
| in- | not |
| inter- | between |
| para- | abnormal |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| trans- | across |