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Neurology
Career Step Neurology Language Workshop
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04/26/2014
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Term
amygdal/o
 Definition
almond shaped structure - amygdaloid
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked or fused - ankylosing
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anter/o
 Definition
anterior/before - anterolateral
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arachn/o
 Definition
spider - arachnoid
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint - arthroplasty
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auricul/o
 Definition
ear - auriculocranial
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brachi/o
 Definition
arm - brachiocephalic
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caud/o
 Definition
tail - caudolateral
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cephal/o
 Definition
head - cephalolateral
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cerebr/o
 Definition
relationship to cerebrum - cerebrocerebellar
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck - cervicothoracic
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chemonucle/o
 Definition
chemical/dissolution - chemonucleolysis
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cistern/o
 Definition
reservoir - cisternography
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cost/o
 Definition
rib - costovertebral
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium/skull - craniocervical
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dextr/o
 Definition
right - dextroscoliosis
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disc/o
 Definition
disc/disk - discogenic
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dist/o
 Definition
far/distant from origin - distoradial
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dors/o/i
 Definition
directed toward/on back - dorsiflexion
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electr/o
 Definition
electron - electrocorticography
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encephal/o
 Definition
brain - encephalography
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epidur/o
 Definition
upon or outside dura mater - epidurography
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esthesi/o
 Definition
feeling - esthesiologic, paresthesia
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ethm/o
 Definition
pertaining to ethmoid bone - ethmolacrimal
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front/o
 Definition
forehead/front - frontoradial
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facet/o
 Definition
facet - facetectomy
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foramin/o
 Definition
foramen, opening, passage - foraminotomy
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infer/o
 Definition
lowermost/below - inferoposterior
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labyrinth/o
 Definition
communicating cavities - labyrinthotomy
Term
lamina and /o
 Definition
thin flat plate/layer - laminectomy, laminagraph
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later/o
 Definition
side - lateromedial
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lob/o
 Definition
well-defined part of organ - lobation, lobotomy
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lumb/o
 Definition
lower back - lumbosacral
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maxill/o
 Definition
upper jaw - maxillectomy
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medull /o
 Definition
inmost part - medulloblastoma
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mening/o
 Definition
membrane - meningocele
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muscul/o
 Definition
muscle - musculotendinous
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my/o
 Definition
muscle - myometrium
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myel/o
 Definition
relationship to myelin - myeloclast
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neur/o
 Definition
relating to nerve - neurocentrum
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occipit/o
 Definition
pertaining to the occiput - occipitalization occipitomental
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odyn/o
 Definition
pain/distress - odynophagia
Term
orbit
 Definition
cavity of eyeball - orbitonasal
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oste/o
 Definition
pertaining to bone - osteoclasis
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proxim/o
 Definition
nearest point of origin - proximoradial
Term
rhiz/o
 Definition
relating to a root - rhizolysis
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sequestrum/a
 Definition
dead bone - sequestration
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somat/o
 Definition
body - somatoesthetic
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spin/o
 Definition
spinal column - spinogalvanization
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spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra - spondylitis
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tempor/o
 Definition
temples - temporomandibular
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thalam/o
 Definition
brain division, ovoid mass - thalamotomy
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ventricul/o
 Definition
cavity - ventriculocisternostomy
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vertebr/o
 Definition
spinal bones - vertebrogenic
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ab-
 Definition
away from - abduct
Term
ad-
 Definition
toward - adduct
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bi-/di-
 Definition
two - bilateral/diplegia
Term
dia-
 Definition
through, between - diastasis
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epi-
 Definition
above/on - epicondyle
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extra-
 Definition
outside - extradural
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hemi-/semi-
 Definition
half/partly - hemilaminectomy
Term
hyper-
 Definition
excessive, greater than normal - hypermobility
Term
hypo-/sub-
 Definition
beneath/below normal/under - hypodermic/subserosal
Term
infra-
 Definition
beneath - inframedullary
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intra-
 Definition
within - intraneural
Term
multi-/poly-
 Definition
many/excessive - multiaxial/polyneuritis
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per-
 Definition
through, by, or completely - perfusion
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peri-
 Definition
around/near - pericephalic
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retro-
 Definition
behind, backward - retroversion
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trans-
 Definition
across/through - translumbar
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-algia
 Definition
pain - neuralgia
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
excision or removal - laminectomy
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-edema
 Definition
swelling - encephaloedema
Term
-ia/-iasis
 Definition
condition - psoriasis
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation - bursitis
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-kinesia/-kinesis
 Definition
movement/motion - hypokinesis
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listhesis
 Definition
slippage - spondylolisthesis
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-lysis
 Definition
loosening/freeing/breaking apart - neurolysis
Term
-lytic
 Definition
relating to destruction - meningolytic
Term
-malacia
 Definition
softening - encephalomalacia
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-oid
 Definition
resembling - sphenoid
Term
-pathy
 Definition
disease or abnormality - axonopathy
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency - osteopenia
Term
-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation - neuropexy
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair - laminoplasty
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis - paraplegia
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-scopy
 Definition
examination with an instrument - myoscopy
Term
-stomy
 Definition
forming an opening - temporostomy
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-tome
 Definition
an instrument for cutting - dermatome
Term
-tomy
 Definition
incision (cutting into) - craniotomy
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ANS
 Definition
autonomic nervous system
Term
AVM/AVMs
 Definition
arteriovenous malformation/s
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CNS
 Definition
central nervous system
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CP
 Definition
cerebral palsy
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CSF
 Definition
cerebrospinal fluid
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CT
 Definition
computed tomography (scan)
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CVA
 Definition
cerebrovascular accident
Term
CVD
 Definition
cerebrovascular disease
Term
EEG
 Definition
electroencephalogram
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EMG
 Definition
electromyogram
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HNP
 Definition
herniated nucleus pulposus
Term
LP
 Definition
lumbar puncture
Term
MRI
 Definition
magnetic resonance imaging
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MS
 Definition
multiple sclerosis
Term
PET
 Definition
positron emission tomography
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PNS
 Definition
peripheral nervous system
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R/O
 Definition
rule out
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RT
 Definition
radiation therapy
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SAH
 Definition
subarachnoid hemorrhage
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SNS
 Definition
sympathetic nervous system
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TIA
 Definition
transient ischemic attack
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TENS
 Definition
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
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