Nervous System Root Words, Suffixes And Prefixes

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mening/o membranes, meninges
ment/o mind
myelin/o myelin sheath
poli/o gray matter
spin/o spinal cord, spine
vascul/o vessel
cerebr/o brain
encephal/o brain
hydr/o water
neur/o nerves

prefix

hemi



half
para beside, near, abnormal
quadri, tetra four
de lack of, remove

suffix

cele


hernia, protrusion
esthesia sensation
phasia speech
plegia paralysis