Chapter 10 The Nervous System Elements Flashcards by B -

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a-

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no, not, without, away from, negative

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an-

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no, not, without

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anti-

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against

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dys-

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bad, difficult, painful

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hyper-

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excessive, increased

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in-

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in, into, not, without

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intra-

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within, inside

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para-

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beside, near, beyond, abnormal, apart from, opposite, along side of

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post-

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after, behind

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trauma-

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injury

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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acr/o

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extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme points

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agor/a

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marketplace

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ambul/o

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walk

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anxi/o

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anxiety, anxious, uneasy

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arteri/o

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artery

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caus/o

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burning, burn

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o, encephal/o

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brain

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claustr/o

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barrier

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contus/o

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bruise

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crani/o

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skull

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ech/o

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sound

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electr/o

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electricity, electric

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estet/o

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

hemat/o

blood, relating to the blood

hydr/o

relating to water

mening/i

membranes, meninges

mening/o

membranes, meninges

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

narc/o

numbness, stupor

nuer/i, neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

poli/o

gray matter of brain and spinal cord

psych/o

mind

radicul/o

nerve root

somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

thalam/o

thalamus, inner room

thym/o

thymus gland

ven/o

vein

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain, suffering, painful condition

-cele

hernia, tumor, swelling

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

-ia

abnormal condition, disease

-ian

specialist

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

action, process, state or condition

-ism

condition, state of

-ist

a person who practices, specialist

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy

seizure, stroke

-lysis

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

-ologist

specialist

-oma

tumor, neoplasm

-osis

abnormal condition, disease

-otomy

cutting, surgical incision

-pathy

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

-phasia

speak or speech

-phobia

abnormal fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

surgical suturing

-tic

pertaining to

-tropic

having an affinity for

-um

structure, thing