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-phonia

aphonia

dysphonia
-phonia: voice

aphonia: no voice

dysphonia: abnormal sounding voice.
lethargia

lethargy
lethargia: drowsy

lethargy: drowsy behavior
ideo-

ideology
ideo- idea, mental images

ideology: study of the development of ideas.
-log

logoplegia

logorrhea
-log: thought

logoplegia: paralysis of speech organs- "paralysis of thought"

logorrhea: excessive and often incoherent talking.
-logy

histology

parasitology
-logy: study of

histology: study of tissues

parasitology: study of parasites
-mania

megalomania

kleptomania
-mania: madness

megalomania: unreasonable conviction of one's own greatness.

kleptomania: an obsessive desire to steal.
amnesia

anamnesis
amnesia: forgetfulness
unable to remember. loss of memory.

anamnesis: "not a loss of memory" but today refers to the patients memory of medical history.
-noia

paranoia
-noia: mind, will

paranoia: delusions of persection
Sedatio-

sedation
sedatio: to calm

sedation: act of calming
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