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Medical Terminology Chapter 8
Medical Terminology for the University of Missouri
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Undergraduate 4
12/06/2010
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
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blast/o
 Definition
germ or embryonic
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my/o
 Definition
muscles
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spasm/o
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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schler/o
 Definition
hard
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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lys/o
 Definition
breaking down, destruction
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thromb/o
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clot
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phleb/o
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vein
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firbr/o
 Definition
fiber
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ather/o
 Definition
fatty porridgelike
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veni
 Definition
vein
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-tripsy
 Definition
massage or rubbing
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-plasia
 Definition
condition of growth or development
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pysch/o
 Definition
mind
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pharmac/o
 Definition
drugs or medicine
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narc/o
 Definition
sleep
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-lepsy
 Definition
seizure
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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esthesia
 Definition
sensation or feeling
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para-
 Definition
beside, beyond, near, abnormal
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paralysis
 Definition
loss of muscle function and sensation
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kinese/o
 Definition
movement
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rhabd/o
 Definition
rod shaped
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leiomy/o
 Definition
smoothe muscle
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myocardi/o
 Definition
heart muscle
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