| 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) |
