Chapter 10 (Word Parts) Flashcards by Victoria Bussard

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caus/o

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burning or burn

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum or brain

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concuss/o

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shaken together or violently agitated

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contus/o

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bruise

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encephal/o

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brain

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-esthesia

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sensation or feeling

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esthet/o

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feeling, nervous sensation, or sense of perception

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-graphy

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process of producing, picture or record

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mening/o

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meninges or membranes

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myel/o

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spinal cord or bone marrow

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neur/i, neur/o

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nerve or nerve tissue

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phobia

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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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tropic

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having an affinity for

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dur/o

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dura mater

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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hypothalam/o

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hypothalamus

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cephal/o

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head

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en-

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inside (as in encephal/o = brain)

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crani/o

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cranium or skull bones

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electr/o

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electrical

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kinesi/o

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movement

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-kinesia, -kinesis

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movement

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-phasia

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speech, speak

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-taxia

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coordination

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-pathy

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any disease of

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-lysis

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destruction, freeing from adhesions

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-tripsy

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crushing, surgical crushing

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-gram

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the record

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-graph

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instrument used to record

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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a-, an-

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absence of, lack of, without

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epi-

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upon, over

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brady-

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abnormally slow

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tachy-

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abnormally fast

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hemi-

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half

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apoplexy

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stroke, CVA

Q

Name the two types of stokes.

A

ischemic and hemorrhagic (TIAs, mini strokes)

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-aphasia

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inability to speak, write or comprehend the written word