Chapter 12 [Nervous System and Mental Health] Word Parts Flashcards by Enide Clerizier

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alges/o

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sense of pain

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astr/o

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star

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centr/o

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center

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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clon/o

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rapid contracting and relaxing

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concuss/o

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to shake violently

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dur/o

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dura mater

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encephal/o

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brain

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esthesi/o

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sensation, feeling

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gli/o

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glue

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medull/o

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medulla oblongata

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mening/o

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meninges

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-paresis

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weakness

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-phasia

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speech

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-taxia

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muscle coordination

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meningi/o

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meninges

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ment/o

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mind

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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neur/o

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nerve

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peripher/o

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away from center

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poli/o

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gray matter

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath (meninges)

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tom/o

A

to cut

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ton/o

A

tone

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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angi/o

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vessel

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hydr/o

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water

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isch/o

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to hold back

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-asthenia

A

weakness

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-paresis

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weakness

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-cele

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protrusion

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-phasia

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speech

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-taxia

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muscle coordination

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-trophic

A

pertaining to development

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amnes/o

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forgetfulness

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anxi/o

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fear, worry

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compuls/o

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drive, compel

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delus/o

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false belief

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depress/o

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to press down

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hallucin/o

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imagined perception

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klept/o

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to steal

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ment/o

A

mind

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narc/o

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stupor, sleep

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neur/o

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nerve

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obsess/o

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besieged by thoughts

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phob/o

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irrational fear

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phren/o

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mind

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psych/o

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mind

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pyr/o

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fire

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schiz/o

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split

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soci/o

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society

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-iatrist

A

physician

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-jatry

A

medical treatment

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-mania

A

frenzy

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-phoria

A

condition to bear