Nervous System and Mental Health (prefix, root, suffix)

A-

Not, without, into

De-

From, take away, out of, without

Di-

Two, complete

Dys-

Bad, difficult, painful

Hemi-

Half

Hydro-

Water

Hyper-

Above, beyond, excess, excessive

Mono-

One, single

Pan-

All

Par-

Abnormal, beside

Para-

Adjacent to, alongside, beside, abnormal

Poly-

Excessive, many, much

Pre-

Before, in front of

Sub-

Below, under, slightly, underneath

Tetra-

Four

Ultra

Higher, beyond

Astr/o

Star

Alges

Sensation of pain

Angi/o

Blood, vessel, lymph vessel

Arachn

Cobweb, spider

Arteri/o

Artery

Arthr/o

Joint

Ather/o

Porridge, gruel, fatty substance

Cephal/o

Head

Cerebell

Little brain, cerebellum

Cerebr/o

Brain

Cognit

Thinking

Cran

Skull or cranium

Crani/o

Cranium, skull

Dendr/o

Treelike, branching structure

Dur/a

Hard, dura mater

Electr/o

Electric, electricity

Embol

Plug

Encephal/o

Brain

Esthes

Sensation

Gangli

Swelling

Ganglion

Swelling

Gli/o

Glue, supportive tissue of nervous system

Gnos

Recognize an abnormal condition

Lumb

Lower back, loin

Lys/o

Decompose, decomposition, dissolve

Mening/o

Meninges

Ment

Mind, chin

Myel/o

Spinal chord, bone marrow

Narc/o

Stupor, sleep

Neur/o

Nerve, nervous tissue, nerve tissue

Occipit

Back of head

Paresis

Weakness

Phas

To speak

Phasi

Speech

Plegi

Paralysis

Poli

Gray matter

Psych/o

Mind, soul

Quadr

Four

Radic

Root

Radicul/o

Root or nerve root

Scler/o

Hard, white of eye, hardness

Seiz

To grab, convulse

Sens

Feel

Somat/o

Body

Spin/o

Spine, spinal chord

Tempor/o

Time, temple, side of head

Thalam

Thalamus

Thromb/o

Blood clot, clot

Vascul

Blood vessel

-algia

Pain

-asthenia

Weakness

-cele

Cave, hernia, swelling

-esthesia

Sensation

-gram

A record, drawing, recording

-iatry

Treatment, field of medicine

-ic

Pertaining to

-ism

Action, condition, process

-itis

Inflammation

-lepsy

Seizure

-logist

One who studies, specialty

-lysis

Destroy, destruction, dissolve, separate, breakdown

-malacia

Abnormal softness

-oid

Appearance of, resembling, resemble

-paresis

Weakness

-phagia

Swallowing, eating

-phasia

Speech or language disorder

-plegia

Paralysis

-troph

Development, nourishment

-us

Pertaining to

ADD

Attention deficit disorder

ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ALS

Amytrophic lateral sclerosis

CNS

Central nervous system

CP

Cerebral palsy

CSF

Cerebral spinal fluid

CT (CAT) scan

Computed axial tomography scan

CVA

Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

EEG

Electroencephalogram

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

MS

Multiple sclerosis

OCD

Obsessive compulsive disorder

PET

Position emission tomography

PNS

Peripheral nervous system

PTSD

Post traumatic stress disorder