Nervous system prefix & suffix

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

-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 (of blood)

-rrhaphy suture

-sclerosis hardening; thickening

-taxia muscle coordination

-tropic turning

-um, -us structure; tissue; thing