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med term
nervous system suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| al,ar,eal,ial,ic,tic | pertaining to |
| algesia | pain, sensitivity |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| 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 | process, abnormal condition |
| paresis | weakness |
| phasia | speech |
| plegia | paralysis |
| rrhagic | pertaining to bursting forth (of blood) |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| sclerosis | hardening, thickening |
| taxia | muscle coordination |
| tropic | turning |
| um, us | suture, tissue, thing |
| mania | madness, frenzy, obsession, or compulsive impulse |
| phobia | abnormal or irrational fear |