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Nervous System Suffixes
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08/23/2025
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Term
-acusis
 Definition
hearing
Term
-algesia
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
Term
-anesthesia
 Definition
loss of sensation
Term
-apraxia
 Definition
inability to perform purposeful acts
Term
-athria
 Definition
speech articulation
Term
-asomnia
 Definition
sleeplessness
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-ataxia
 Definition
lack of coordination
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-carpia
 Definition
wrist
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-cephaly
 Definition
head (brain conditions)
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-ceps
 Definition
head (muscle of nervous control)
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-cide
 Definition
killing (as in suicide)
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-cusia
 Definition
hearing condition
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-dipsia
 Definition
thirst
Term
-gnosia
 Definition
knowledge, recognition
Term
-lexia
 Definition
word, phrase (dyslexia)
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-lexia
 Definition
reading ability/ disorder
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-logist
 Definition
specialist in study 
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-mania
 Definition
obsessive preoccupation
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-meter
 Definition
instrument for measuring
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-metri
 Definition
process of measuring
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-myelia
 Definition
spinal cord
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-myo
 Definition
muscle
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-nosia
 Definition
disease recognition
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-opia
 Definition
vision
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-opsia
 Definition
visual condition
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-orexia
 Definition
appetite (neuro regulation)
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-praxia
 Definition
action, activity
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-psychia
 Definition
mind
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-ptosis
 Definition
drooping (nerve damage system)
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-schisis
 Definition
splitting, cleft
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-somnia
 Definition
sleep condition
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still, control
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-taxia
 Definition
order, coordination
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut (used in neurosurgery terms)
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