Ch6 Word Parts: Nervous System and Mental Health Flashcards by Violet Bachorik

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cerbell/o

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cerebellum (little brain)

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cerebr/o

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brain, cerebrum

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cortic/o

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outer portion of an organ, cortex (as in the cerebral cortex)

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crani/o

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skull, cranium

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dur/o

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hard, dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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esthesi/o

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sensation, preception

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gangli/o, ganglion/o

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ganglion

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gli/o

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glue, neurolgia

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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narc/o

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stupor, numbness, sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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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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radicul/o

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nerve root

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somn/o, somn/i

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sleep

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spin/o

A

spine

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spondyl/o

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vertebra

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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anxi/o

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fear, worry

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hallucin/o

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to wander in one’s mind

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hypn/o

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sleep, hypnosis

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ment/o

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mental, mind

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phren/o

A

mind

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psych/o

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mind, mental

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schiz/o

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split

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soci/o

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social, society

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thym/o, thym/i

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mind, soul, emotion

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epi-

A

on, upon, following

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, deficient

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para-

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beside

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poly-

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many

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quadri-

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four

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bi-

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two, twice

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de-

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away from, cessation, without

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eu-

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good, normal

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-al, -ar

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pertaining to

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-gram

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record, recording

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-ia

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condition of

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-ictal

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relating to or caused by a stroke or seizure

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-lepsis, -lespy

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seizure

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-logist

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one who specializes in

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-paresis

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partial or incomplete paralysis

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-phrenia

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the mind

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-tomy

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incision

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-iatrist

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one who specializes in

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-mania

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excited state, obsession

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-phile, -philia

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attraction to

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-phobia

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abnormal fear of, aversion to, sensitivity to

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