Slow

• Example: Bradycardia – a slow heart rate (below 60 beats per minute).

• Meaning: Inside, within
• Example: Endocarditis – inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.

• Meaning: Upon, over, on top
• Example: Epicardium – the outer layer of the heart.

• Meaning: Excessive, above normal
• Example: Hyperlipidemia – elevated levels of lipids in the blood.

• Meaning: under or below
• Example: orthostatic hypotension – low blood pressure that occurs upon standing up.

• Meaning: Around
• Example: Pericardium – the membranous sac that contains the heart

• Meaning: Fast
• Example: Tachycardia – a fast heart rate (over 100 beats per minute).

Meaning: Without

Example: Aphasia – a condition characterized by the complete loss of ability to speak or understand language.

Meaning: Without, not

Example: Anencephaly – a condition where a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp is absent.

Meaning: Difficult, painful, abnormal

Example: Dysphasia – difficulty speaking

Meaning: Half

Example: Hemiparesis – weakness on one side of the body.

Meaning: Excessive, above normal

Example: Hyperreflexia – exaggerated reflexes.

Meaning: Not, inward

Example: Insomnia – inability to sleep.

Meaning: Between

Example: Interneuron – a neuron that transmits signals between other neurons.

Meaning: Within, inside

Example: Intracranial – located or occurring within the skull.

Meaning: All, entire

Example: Panhypopituitarism – decreased function of all pituitary hormones, affecting the nervous system.

Meaning: Beside, abnormal

Example: Paraplegia – paralysis of the lower half of the body.

Meaning: Many

Example: Polyneuropathy – damage or disease affecting multiple nerves.

Meaning: After

Example: Postictal – the state following a seizure.

Meaning: Before

Example: Presynaptic – relating to the area before a synapse.

Meaning: Under, below

Example: Subdural – located beneath the dura mater, a membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord.