nervous system suffix
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Nervous System Suffix
-algesia
Sensitivity to pain
Examples:
Analgesia- absence of sense of pain
Hypalgesia- decrease sensitivity to pain
Hyperalgesia-exaggerated sense of pain
-kinesia
Movement
Examples:
Bradykinesia- slow movement
Akinesia- loss/impairment of voluntary movement
Dyskenia- difficulty performing voluntary muscular movement
-esthesia
Feeling; Sensation
Examples:
Anesthesia- loss of the ability to feel pain
Dysaesthesia- impairment of any of the senses
Thermesthesia- ability to sense cold or heat
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