Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors Flashcards by Kim Sullivan

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-blast

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embryonic or immature

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-cele

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hernia or herniation

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-genesis

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generate, develop

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-iatrist

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specialist, physician

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-malacia

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softening

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-oid

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resembling, like

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-oma

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tumor

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-philia

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love or attraction, affinity for

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-plasia

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development, formation

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-plasm

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growth of tissue

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-tomy

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incision

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-trophy

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development, growth

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-tropic

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affecting

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision; cutting out

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-otomy

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surgical incision; cutting into; making an incision

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-ostomy or -stomy

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to form a new opening surgically

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anti-

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against

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dys-

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difficult, painful

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hydro-

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water

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hyper-

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above, increased, more than

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hypo-

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below, decreased, less than

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neo-

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new

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aden/o

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gland

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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crani/o

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skull or cranium

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emes/o; emet/o; emetic/o

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vomiting

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epitheli/o

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epithelial

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encephal/o

A

brain, inside head

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esthesi/o

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physical feeling, sensation

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lei/o

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smooth

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mening/o

A

meninges

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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nat/o

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birth

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ne/o

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new

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neur/o

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nerve

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onc/o

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tumor

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oste/o

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bone

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papill/o

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small elevation of tissue

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pariet/o

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wall

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periton/o

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peritoneum

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poli/o

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gray

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psych/o

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mind/mental

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rhabd/o

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rod shaped

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spin/o

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spinal

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viscer/o

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organ

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EEG

A

electroencephalogram

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EP

A

evoked potentials

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PSG

A

poly sonograms

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NCS

A

nerve conduction studies

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ENG

A

electronystagmograms

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met, metas, mets

A

metastasis

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IPV

A

inactivated polio vaccine

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CIS

A

cancer in situ

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CA

A

cancer

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CNS

A

central nervous system

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CSF

A

cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

A

cerebrovascular accident

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LP

A

lumbar puncture

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MRI

A

magnetic resonance image