3 nervous system med terms Flashcards by Dawn Kirby

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Act-

A

motion

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Caus/o, Caust/o

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burning, burn

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Cerebr/o

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cerebrum, brain

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Cephal/o

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head

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Concuss/o

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shaken together, violently agitated

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Contus/o

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bruise

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Dendr/o

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branching, resembling a tree

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-dural

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pertaining to dura mater

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Encephal/o

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brain

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-esthesia, esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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Esthet/o

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feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

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Extra-

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on the outside, beyond, outside

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Infundibul/o

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funnel

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-lemma

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sheath, covering

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-lepsy

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seizure

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Mening/o, Meningi/o

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membranes, meninges

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Myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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Neur/i, Neuro/o

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nerve, nerve tissue

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-phasia

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speech

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-phobia, phob/o

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abnormal fear

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Psych/o

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mind

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Radicul/o

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root or nerve root

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Soma-, Somat/o

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body

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Spin/o

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backbone, spine

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Syn-

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together, with

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Synaps/o, Synapt/o

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point of contact

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Thalam/o

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thalamus

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-tion

A

process, state or quality of

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-tropic

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having an affinity for

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Acous/o, Acoust/o

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hearing, sound

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Aud-, Aud/o, Audit/o, Aur/I, Aur/o, Ot/o

A

ear, hearing

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Bin-

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two

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Blephar/o

A

eyelid

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Canth/o

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corner of the eye

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Cerumin/o

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cerumen, earwax

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Chromat/o

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color

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-cusis

A

hearing

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Dacryocyst/o

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lacrimal sac, tear sac

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Dipl/o

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double

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Ir/I, Ir/o, Irid/o, Irit/o

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iris, colored part of eye

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Kerat/o

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horny, hard, cornea

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Labyrinth/o

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inner ear

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Lacrim/o, Dacry/o

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tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

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Mon/o

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one, single

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Myring/o, Tympan/o

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tympanic membrane, eardrum

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Noci-

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causing harm or damage

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Olfact/o

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smell, sense of smell

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Opt/o, Ophthalm/o

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eye, vision

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-opia

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vision condition

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-pexy

A

surgical fixation

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Phac/o, Phak/o

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lens of eye

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Phot/o

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light

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Pinn/i

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external ear, auricle

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Presby/o

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old age

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Propri/o

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one’s own

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Retin/o

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retina, net

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Scler/o

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sclera, white of eye, hard

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Trop/o

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turn, change

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Xer/o

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dryness