anxi/o
anxious; uneasy
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
contus/o
to bruise
crani/o
skull
dur/o
dura mater
encephal/o
brain
esthes/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
-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
abnormal condition
-paresis
weakness
-phasia
speech
-plegia
paralysis
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (blood)
-rrhaphy
suture
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-taxia
muscle coordination
-tropic
turning
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing