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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