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CC306 (Natoli): Chapter 8
Combining Forms
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05/29/2012
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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crani/o
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skull
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encephal/o
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entire brain
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esthesi/o
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sensation
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gangli/o
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ganglion
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gli/o
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glue
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gnos/o
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knowing
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kinesi/o
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movement
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lex/o
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word OR phrase
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mening/o OR meningi/o
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meninges (membrane)
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myel/o
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spinal cord OR bone marrow
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narc/o
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stupor OR sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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phas/o
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speech
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phob/o
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exaggerated fear or sensitivity
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phor/o
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carry OR bear
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phren/o OR psych/o OR thym/o
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mind
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schiz/o
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split
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somat/o
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body
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somn/o OR somn/i OR hypn/o
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sleep
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spin/o
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spine
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spondyl/o OR vertebr/o
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vertebra
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stere/o
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three-dimensional OR solid
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tax/o
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order OR coordination
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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ton/o
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tone OR tension
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top/o
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place
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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cata- (prefix
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down
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-asthenia (suffix)
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weakness
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-lepsy (suffix)
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seizure
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-mania (suffix)
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condition of abnormal impulse toward
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-paresis (suffix)
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slight paralysis
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-plegia (suffix)
 Definition
paralysis
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