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Medical Terminology (Chap 14)
Nervous System
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2007
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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dendr/o
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tree
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encephal/o
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brain
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ganali/o
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ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
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gli/o
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glue; neurolglial tissue
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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kinesi/o
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movement
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lept/o
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thin. slender
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mening/o

meningi/o

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meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
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myel/o
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bone marrow; spinal cord
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nacr/o
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stupor; numbness; sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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schen/o
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strength
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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thec/o
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sheath (usually refers to meninges)
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thalama/o
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thalamus
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ton/o
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tension
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of heart or brain)
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-algesia

-algia

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pain
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-asthenia
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weakness, debility
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-esthesia
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feeling
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-paresis

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partial paralysis
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia

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paralysis
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-plexy
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stroke
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-taxia

tax/o

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order, coordination
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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contra-
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against
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pachy
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thick
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para-
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near, beside; beyond
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uni-
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one
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arachn/o
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spider web, spider
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dur/o
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dura mater; hard
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