Molly Garrity Medical Terminology

1. NERVOUS SYSTEM
SUFFIXES
By: Molly Garrity

2. PLEGIA
• paralysis or a stroke
Examples:
• Cardioplegia (paralysis of the heart)
• Hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the
body)
• Paraplegia (paralysis of the legs)
• Quadriplegia (paralysis of all four
extremities).

3. HEMIPHEGIA

4. ESTHESIA
• Sensation
Example:
• Parasthesia - abnormal sensation, such a
tingling
• Anesthesia- total or partial loss of
sensation
• Hyperaesthesia-abnormal increase in
sensitivity to sensory stimuli

5. Administering ANESTHESIA

6. PHAGIA
• The eating of a specified substance or
eating in a specified manner
Examples
• Aphagia- Not able to eat
• Chthonophagia- the impulsive
consumption of dirt
• Dysphagia- swallowing is painful or
difficult

7. DYSPHAGIA:

8. TAXIA
• Order or arrangement
Examples
• Ataxia- the loss of full control of bodily
movements.
• Dystaxia- partial ataxia, a mild form of
ataxia, or the loss of full control of bodily
movements

9. ATAXIA: