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106 Cards in this Set
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cerebr/o |
cerebrum |
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crani/o |
cranium (skull) |
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-tomy |
incision |
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-malacia |
softening |
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encaphal/o |
brain |
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gangli/o |
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass) |
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gli/o |
glue; neuroglial tissue |
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kinesi/o |
movement |
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lept/o |
thin, slender |
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lex/o |
word, phrase |
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mening/o meningi/o |
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord) |
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myel/o |
bone marrow; spinal cord |
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narc/o |
stupor; numbness; sleep |
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-cele |
hernia; swelling |
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-ectomy |
excision, removal |
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-oma |
tumor |
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brady- |
slow |
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-pathy |
disease |
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dys- |
bad, painful, difficult |
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poli/o |
gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)d |
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-tic |
pertaining to |
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neur/o |
nerve |
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radicul/o |
nerve root |
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sthen/o |
strength |
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thalam/o |
thalamus |
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thec/ |
sheath (usually refers to meninges) |
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ton/o |
tension |
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ventricul/o |
ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
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-lysis |
separation, destruction, loosening |
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-algia |
pain |
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hyper- |
excessive, above normal |
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intra- |
in, within |
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-algesia |
pain |
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-asthenia |
weakness, debility |
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-esthesia |
feeling |
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syn- |
union, together, joined |
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my/o |
muscle |
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-kinesia |
movement |
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-lepsy |
seizure |
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-paresis |
partial paralysis |
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-phasia |
speech |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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-taxia |
order, coordination |
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narc/o |
sleep |
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hemi- |
one half |
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quadri- |
four |
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pachy- |
thick |
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para- |
near, beside; beyond |
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uni- |
one |
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later |
side; to one side |
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ambly/o |
dull, dim |
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aque/o |
water |
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blephar/o |
eyelid |
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choroid/o |
choroid |
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conjunctiv/o |
conjuctiva |
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core/o pupill/o |
pupil |
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corne/o |
cornea |
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cycl/o |
ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle |
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dacry/o lacrim/o |
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
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dacryocyst/o |
lacrimal sac |
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-opia |
vision |
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-ous |
pertaining to |
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-ptosis |
prolapse, downward displacement |
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-meter |
instrument for measuring |
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-graphy |
process of recording |
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-plegia |
paralysis |
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glauc/o |
gray |
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goni/o |
angle |
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irid/o |
iris |
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kerat/o |
horny tissue; hard; cornea |
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ophthalm/o ocul/o |
eye
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opt/o optic/o |
eye, vision |
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phac/o |
lens |
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phot/o |
light |
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presby/o |
old age |
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-scopy |
visual examination |
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myc |
fungus |
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-osis |
abnormal condition |
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-logist |
specialist in the study of |
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-metry |
act of measuring |
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-phobia |
fear |
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-opia |
vision |
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retin/o |
retina |
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scler/o |
hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
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scot/o |
darkness |
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vitr/o |
vitreous body (of the eye) |
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audi/o |
hearing |
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labyrinth/o |
labyrinth (inner ear) |
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mastoid |
mastoid process |
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ot/o |
ear |
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salping/o |
tubes (usually fallopian or Eustachian [auditory] tubes) |
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staped/o |
stapes |
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myring/o |
tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
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py/o |
pus |
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-rrhea |
discharge; flow |
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pharyng |
pharynx |
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tympan/o |
tympanic membrane |
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-acusia -cusis |
hearing |
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-opsia |
vision |
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-tropia |
turning |
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exo- |
outside, outward |
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presby |
old age |
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dipl- |
double, twofold |
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heter- |
different |
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eso- |
inward |
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-tropia |
turning |
