Nervous System (P+S) pt. 2

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

-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

pertaining to

-algesia

pain; sensitivity

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-e

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; lossening

-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