Prefix/Suffix
-algia
pain
nuer/o
nerve
cephal/o
head
aphasia
-itis
inflammation
-phasia
speech
phag/o
to eat
encephal/o
brain
anesthesia
lack of feeling or sensation
quadriplegia
Paralysis of all four limbs
-paresis
weakness
esthesi/o
"feeling or sensation"
mening/o
meninges
ataxia
lack of muscle coordination
mono-
one
-plegia
paralysis
alges/o
sense of pain
myel/o
spinal cord
cephalalgia
head pain
CVA
Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
-oma
tumor
radicul/o
nreve root
poli/o
grey matter
Encephalitis
inflammation of the brain
cerebral aneurysm
A dilated and enlarged artery in the brain