Nervous System

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a-
an- (before a vowel or h)
L* in

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without, absence of

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ab

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away from

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ad-

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to

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ana-

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backward, again, up

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ante-

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before

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anti-
L* contra contro

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against

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auto-

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self, oneself

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cata-

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down

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de-

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from, down from, away, loss of

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dia-
L* per-

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through

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dis-

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apart

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dys

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faulty, difficult, bad, with difficulty, badly

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ec-
L* e, ex

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out, out of, outside of

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en-
L* in

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in
(can also mean into)

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ecto-

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outside

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endo--
ento-

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within

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epi-

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upon, on, toward

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eso-
eiso-

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in, into

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eu-

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good, well, normal

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hyper-
L*super-, supra

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above, excessive, excess of

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hypo-
L*sub
L*infra

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below, under, less than normal, deficiency of

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inter-

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between

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meta-

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beyond, changed to, after

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neo-

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new

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non-

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not

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para-

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beside, beyond

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peri-
L* circum

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around

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before

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pro-

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before

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super-
supra-

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above, beyond, superior

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syn-

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with, together with

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trans-

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across

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cerebell/-

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cerebellum

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cerebr/-

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cerebrum

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dendr/o

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dendrite

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dur/-

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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gangli/o
ganglion/o

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ganglion (mass of nerve tissue)
ganglia (plural)

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gli/o

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glia

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ide/o

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idea

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mening/o
meninge/o
meningi/o

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meninges

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myel/o
L* medull/-

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spinal cord, bone marrow
marrow (bone marrow, but also used of the inner portion of hair or organs)

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neur/o
L*nerv/-

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nerve

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noemat/o

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thoughts

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oneir/o

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dreams

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onomat/o

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a name, a word

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phas/o

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speech

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phren/o
phrenic/o

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mind, mental activity

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plex/o

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plexus (network of nerves, or blood or lymph tissue)

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poli/o

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the grey matter of the nervous system

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pont/o

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the pons

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psych/o
L* ment/-

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mind, mental activity

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rhiz/o
L* radic/-
L* radicul/-

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nerve root

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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ventricul/-

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ventricle (a small normal cavity in an organs such as the heart or brain)

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mis/o

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abnormal aversion to

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narc/o

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stupor

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necr/o

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death, dead tissue, dead cells, corpse (and, with the suffix
-osis, means process of death)

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bi/o
L* vit/-

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life

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thanat/o

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death

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-kines/ia
-kinesis

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movement

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-kinet/ic

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pertaining to movement

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-malac/ia

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softening

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-om/a

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tumour, om/ata = tumours

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-onc/us

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-tumour

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-pleg/ia

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paralysis

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ablepharia

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absence of eyelids

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biokinetics

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study of (growth changes and) movement of
(developing) life (forms)

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cerebromeningitis

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inflammation of the cerebrum and the meninges

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encephalomalacia

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softening of the brain

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hyperkinesia

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excessive movement

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hypodermic

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under the skin

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misogyny

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abnormal aversion to women

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myeloma

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tumour of the spinal cord

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necrosis

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process of death (or, abnormal condition characterized by
the presence of dead tissue)

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psychoplegia

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paralysis of mental activity

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transocular

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through the eye