3 nervous system med terms Flashcards
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Act-
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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
A
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
A
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
A
speech
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-phobia, phob/o
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abnormal fear
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Psych/o
A
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-
together, with
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Synaps/o, Synapt/o
point of contact
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Thalam/o
thalamus
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-tion
process, state or quality of
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-tropic
having an affinity for
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Acous/o, Acoust/o
hearing, sound
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Aud-, Aud/o, Audit/o, Aur/I, Aur/o, Ot/o
ear, hearing
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Bin-
two
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Blephar/o
eyelid
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Canth/o
corner of the eye
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Cerumin/o
cerumen, earwax
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Chromat/o
color
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-cusis
hearing
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Dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac, tear sac
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Dipl/o
double
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Ir/I, Ir/o, Irid/o, Irit/o
iris, colored part of eye
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Kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
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Labyrinth/o
inner ear
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Lacrim/o, Dacry/o
tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct
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Mon/o
one, single
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Myring/o, Tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
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Noci-
causing harm or damage
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Olfact/o
smell, sense of smell
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Opt/o, Ophthalm/o
eye, vision
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-opia
vision condition
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-pexy
surgical fixation
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Phac/o, Phak/o
lens of eye
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Phot/o
light
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Pinn/i
external ear, auricle
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Presby/o
old age
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Propri/o
one's own
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Retin/o
retina, net
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Scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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Trop/o
turn, change
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Xer/o
dryness
