Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors Flashcards
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-blast
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embryonic or immature
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-cele
A
hernia or herniation
3
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-genesis
A
generate, develop
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-iatrist
A
specialist, physician
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-malacia
A
softening
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-oid
A
resembling, like
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-oma
A
tumor
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-philia
A
love or attraction, affinity for
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-plasia
A
development, formation
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-plasm
A
growth of tissue
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-tomy
A
incision
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-trophy
A
development, growth
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-tropic
A
affecting
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision; cutting out
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-otomy
A
surgical incision; cutting into; making an incision
16
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-ostomy or -stomy
A
to form a new opening surgically
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anti-
A
against
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dys-
A
difficult, painful
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hydro-
A
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-
A
new
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aden/o
A
gland
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carcin/o
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cancer
