This document discusses medical suffixes related to the nervous system and paralysis or stroke. It describes suffixes like -phagia which refers to eating behaviors and conditions like polyphagia meaning excessive appetite. The suffix -plegia refers to paralysis and conditions it describes like quadriplegia meaning paralysis of all four limbs, paraplegia meaning paralysis of the lower body, and hemiplegia meaning paralysis of one side of the body. Common uses and definitions are provided for these medical suffixes.

1. M E D I C A L T E R M
S U F F I X E S
N E R V O U S S Y S T E M

2. The eating of a specified
substance or in a specified
manner
- P H A G I A
-Phagia
-phagia
-P H A G I A
-phagia
-Phagia

3. C O M M O N U S E S O F
- P H A G I A

4. excessive appetite or hunger. A classic symptom of
diabetes.
P O L Y P H A G I A

5. inability or refusal to swallow
A P H A G I A

6. difficulty or discomfort in swallowing
D Y S P H A G I A

7. M E A N I N G
P A R A L Y S I S
O R
S T R O K E
- P L E G I A
-plegia
-PLEGIA
-plegia
-PLEGIA
-plegia
_PLEGIA
-plegia
-plegia
-phagia -PLEGIA
-plegia
-PLEGIA
-plegia

8. C O M M O N U S E S O F - P L E G I A

9. paralysis of all four limbs of the body
Q U A D R I P L E G I A

10. The loss of movement to at least some degree in the
lower limbs of the body.
P A R A P L E G I A

11. paralysis of one side of the body
H E M I P L E G I A

12. C I T A T I O N S
H T T P : / / D I C TI O N A R Y . R E FE R E N C E . C O M / B R O W S E / - P H A G I A
H T T P : / / W W W . B R A I N A N D S P I N A L C O R D . O R G / S P I N A L - C O R D - I N J U R Y - T Y P E S / Q U A D R I P L E G I A / I N D E X . H TM L
H T T P : / / W W W . H E MI H E L P . O R G . U K / H E M I P L E G I A / W H A T_ I S _ H E M I P L E G I A
H T T P : / / W W W . B R A I N A N D S P I N A L C O R D . O R G / S P I N A L - C O R D - I N J U R Y - T Y P E S / P A R A P L E G I A / I N D E X . H T ML
H T T P : / / D I C TI O N A R Y . R E FE R E N C E . C O M / B R O W S E / - P H A G I A
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