Studied by 6 peopleanxi/o
anxious, uneasy
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
contus/o
to bruise
crani/o
skull
dur/o
dura matter
encephal/o
brain
ethes/o, esthesi/o
nervous sensation
gli/o
glue
hydr/o
water
hypn/o
sleep
isch/o
back, to hold back
lamin/o
lamina (thin plate or layer, arch)
lex/o
word
medull/o
medulla oblongata
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
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
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
pain, sensitivity
-algia
pain
-asthenia
weakness
-cele
hernia, swelling, protrusion
-e
(noun suffix with no meaning)
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
-ethesia
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
paralysis
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-sclerosis
hardening, thickening
-taxia
muscle coordination
-tropic
turning
-um, -us
structure, tissue, thing
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