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74 Cards in this Set
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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epi-
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above, upon, on
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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above excessive
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hypo-
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deficient, below, under, less than normal
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intra-
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within, into
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micro-
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small
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para-
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to bear, bring forth (live births)
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polio-
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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
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poly-
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many, much
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quadri-
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four
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sub-
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under, below
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-blast
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embryonic, immature
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-cele
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hernia
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-oma
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tumor, mass, fluid collection
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-ose
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full of, pertaining to, sugar
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-pathy
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disease, emotion
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-phagia
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eating, swallowing
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-ptosis
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droop, sag, prolapse, fall
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-trophy
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development, nourishment
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angi/o
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vessel (blood)
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caus/o
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burn, burning
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cephal/o
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head
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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esthesi/o
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nervous sensation
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hydr/o
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water
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narc/o
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numbness, stupor, sleep
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spin/o
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spine (backbone)
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troph/o
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nourishment, development
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kines/o
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movement
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-praxia
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action
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-phasia
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speech
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-algesia
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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-esthesia
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feeling, nervous sensation
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-kinesia
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movement
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-kinetic
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movement
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-kinesis
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movement
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-plegia
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paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)
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-paresis
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slight paralysis (weakness)
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-sthenia
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strength
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alges/o
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excessive sensitivity to pain
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comat/o
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deep sleep (coma)
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caus/o
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burning
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esthesi/o
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feeling nervous sensation
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kines/o
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movement
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lex/o
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word, phrase
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tax/o
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order, coordination
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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syncop/o
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to cut off, cut short
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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encephal/o
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brain
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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dur/o
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dura mater
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gli/o
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glue, parts of the nervous system that support and connect
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radicul/o
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nerve root (of spinal nerves)
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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vag/o
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vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
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mening/o
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membranes, meninges
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my/o
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muscle
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neur/o
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nerve
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meningi/o
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membranes, meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord (means bone marrow in other contexts)
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pont/o
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pons
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thec/o
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sheath (refers to the meninges)
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