Cephal/o

Head

Cephalgia (a headache)

Encephal/o

Inside the head (brain)

Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)

Anencephalic (born without a brain)

Mening/o

Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Meningitis (inflammation of the membranes)

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Myelogram (X-ray of the spinal cord)

Neur/o

Nerve

Neuroma (tumor)

Neuritis (inflammation)

Dys

Difficult, painful, abnormal

Dyslexia (difficulty reading)

-cele

Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position

Meningomyelocele (protrusion of membranes and spinal cord)

-pathy

Disease, abnormality

Encephalopathy (disease of the brain)

Neuropathy (disease of the nerves)

-plasia

Development, formation, growth

Aplasia (no development)

Hyperplasia (over development)

-plegia

Paralysis

Hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body)

Quadriplegia (paralysis of all four limbs)