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af
to, toward
-al
pertaining to
-algia
pain
ambul
ambulate (walking)
an
without, absence of
astr/o
star
cephal/o
head, brain
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum
crani/o
cranium, skull, helmet
-cyte
cell
dendr/o
branches
dur/o
dura matter
-eal
pertaining to
ef
away from
encephal/o
brain
epi
upon
esthesi.o
feeling, or sensation
-ferent
carry
gangli/o
ganglion
-glia
glue
gloss/o
tounge
-graphy
the process of making a picture
hemi-
half
home/o
same
hydr/o
water
hypo
less than
-ia
state of
-iatry
treatment, cure
-ic
pertaining to
-ictal
seizure, attack
intra
within
-ism
condition of
-itis
inflamation
kino
movement
-lepsy
seizure
-logy
study of
-mania
madness
megal/o
large
mening/o
mengines
ment/o
mind
micr/o
small
mon/o
one
mot/o
motor, to move
myel/o
spinal cord
neur/o
nerve, neuron
ocul/o
eye
olfact
smell
olig/o
few
-ologist
one who studies
-ology
study of
opt/o
eye
-otomy
to cut into
para
beside, beyond, around
-paresis
slight paralysis
-pathy
disease
phag/o
eating, swallowing
pharyng/o
throat
phas/o
speech
phren/o
diaphragm
-plegia
paralysis
poli/o
gray matter
poly
many
pre-
before
psych/o
mind
quad
four
radicul/o
nerve root
rhiz/o
nerve root
spina
spine
-stasis
standing still
syn
with, together
tetra-
four
-tomy
to cut into
tri
three