It can also change the original meaning of any word. /Contents 4 0 R Suffixes can indicate a condition, disease or a procedure. Abdominal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Epigastric 6. /Type /Page What does lurk mean in slang? Prefixes modify or enhance the meaning of the term's root by indicating number, location, time or modifying the root's meaning. Heres a list of prefixes and suffixes associated with the nervous system.

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Prefix	What It Means
Hemi-	Half
Pachy-	Thick
Para-	Beyond, around, beside
Polio-	Gray
Quadri-	Four
Sub-	Below, under
Suffix	What It Means
-algia	Pain
-itis	Inflammation
-malacia	Softening
-paresis	Partial paralysis
-plegia	Paralysis
-schisis	Cleft or splitting
-thenia	Lack of strength or weakness
-us	Condition

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Now, check out nervous root words and their combining forms.

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Root Word	What It Means
Algesi/o	Excessive sensitivity to pain
Cephal/o	Head
Cerebell/o	Cerebellum
Cerebr/o	Brain, cerebrum
Crani/o	Cranium (skull)
Dur/o	Dura mater
Ech/o	Sound
Encephal/o	Brain
Esthesi/o	Feeling, nervous, sensation
Gli/o	Glue, supportive tissues of the nervous system
Kinesi/o	Movement
Mening/o	Membrane
Meningi/o	Meninges
Ment/o, phren/o	Mind
Myel/o	Spinal cord
My/o	Muscle
Neur/o	Nerve
Phas/o	Speech
Pont/o	Pons
Psych/o	Mind
Radicul/o	Nerve root
Thalam/o	Thalamus
Ventricul/o	Ventricle

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