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59 Cards in this Set
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a, an
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without, lack of
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dys
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bad, difficult, painful
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hemi
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half
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hydro
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water
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macro
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large
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micro
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small
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quadri
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four
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atel
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imperfect
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cephal, cephal/o
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head
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cerebell
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small brain
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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skul
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal, encephal/o
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brain
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fibr/o
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fiber
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hem/o
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blood
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log
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study
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mening, mening/o
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membrane (meninges)
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myel, myel/o
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spinal cord
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neur, neur/o
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nerve
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pneum/o
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lung, air
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poli/o
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gray
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psych, psycho/o
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mind
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spin
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spine
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-al, -ar, -us
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-cele
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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-ectomy
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surgical excision
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-graphy
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recording
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-ia, -osis, -y
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condition of
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-ist
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one who specializes
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-itis
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inflammation
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-logy
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study of
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-malacia
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softening
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-meter
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instrument to measure
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-oma
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tumor
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-opsia
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eye, vision
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-paresis
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weakness
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-pathy
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disease
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-phagia
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to eat
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-phasia
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to speak
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-plegia
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stroke, paralysis
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-praxia
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action
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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-tomy
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incision
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What does CVA stand for:
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cerebrovascular accident
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synocpe
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fainting
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Abbrev: AD
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Alzheimer's disease
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Abbrev: ALS
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Abbrev: CNS
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central nervous system
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Abbrev: CP
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cerebral palsy
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Abbrev: CT
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computerized tomography
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Abbrev: CVA
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cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
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Abbrev: EEG
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eletroencephalogram
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Abbrev: MS
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multiple sclerosis
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Abbrev: PET
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positron emission tomography
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Abbrev: PNS
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peripheral nervous system
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Abbrev: TIAs
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transient ischemic attacks
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