Chapter 3 - Nervous System & Tumors - Parts Flashcards by Kim Sullivan

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-blast

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embryonic or immature

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-cele

A

hernia or herniation

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-genesis

A

generate, develop

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-iatrist

A

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

A

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

A

incision

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-trophy

A

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, -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-

A

new

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aden/o

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gland

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carcin/o

A

cancer

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cephal/o

A

head

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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crani/o

A

skull or cranium

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emes/o, emet/o, emetic/o

A

vomiting

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epitheli/o

A

epithelial

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encephal/o

A

brain, inside head

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esthesi/o

A

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

A

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

A

bone

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papill/o

A

small elevation of tissue

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pariet/o

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wall

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periton/o

A

peritoneum

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poli/o

A

gray

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psych/o

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mind, mental

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rhabd/o

A

rod shaped

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spin/o

A

spinal

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viscer/o

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organ