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41 Cards in this Set
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-iatrist, -logist
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specialist, physician
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-iatry
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treatment, specialty
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-ictal
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seizure, attack
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-plegia
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paralysis
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cerbell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebellitis
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inflammation of the cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain
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cerebral thrombosis
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abnormal condition of a clot pertaining to the cerebrum (blood clot in a brain blood vessel)
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dur/o
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hard, dura mater
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duritis
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inflammation of the dura mater
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encephal/o
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brain
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encephalitis
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inflammation of the brain
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encephalomalacia
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softening of the brain
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encephalomyeloradiculitis
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inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, nerve roots
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esthesi/o
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sensation, sensitivity, feeling
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gangli/o and ganglion/o
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ganglion
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gangliitis
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inflammation of the ganglion
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mening/i or o
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meninges
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meningitis
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inflammation of the meninges
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meningocele
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protrusion of meninges(through defect in the skull or vertebral column)
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meningomyelocele
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protrusion of meninges & spinal cord through the vertebral column.
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ment/o, phren/o, and psych/o
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mind
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mon/o
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one
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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neur/o
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nerve
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neuralgia
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pain in a nerve
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neuroarthropathy
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disease of nerves and joints
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neurasthenia
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nerve weakness
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neuritis
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inflammation of a nerve
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neuroblast
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developing nerve cell
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neuroma
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tumor made up of nerve (cells)
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phas/o
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speech
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poli/o
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gray matter
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord (polio)
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polyneuritis
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inflammation of many nerves
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quadr/i
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four
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radic/o, radicul/o, and rhiz/o
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nerve root (proximal end of a peripheral nerve, closest to the spinal cord)
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radiculitis
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inflammation of the nerve roots
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rhizomeningomyelitis
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inflammation of the nerve root, meninges, and spinal cord
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subdural hematoma
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blood tumor (mass) pertaining to below the dura matter
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