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Chapter 3: The Head Flashcards

1
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a-, an-

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Without/not/non

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anti-, ant-

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Against/opposite

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circum-

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Around

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de-

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Down/downward/away from/from/without/ out of

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dys-

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Bad/painful/difficult/abnormal

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en-

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In/inward

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epi-/ep-

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Upon/on the surface

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eu-

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Good/well/normal

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hyper-

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Over/above/more than normal

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hypo-, hyp-

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Below/deficient/less than normal

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peri-

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Around/near

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-al, -eal, -ial

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Pertaining to

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-alis, -aris

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Pertaining to

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-ar

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Pertaining to/having character

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-ate

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Pertaining to/having/having the shape of

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-etic

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Pertaining to

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-ety

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Condition/state/quality

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-ia

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Condition of/quality of/state of/act of

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-ile

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Pertaining to/able to

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-ity

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Condition/state/quality/‘

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-ive

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Pertaining to/tending to

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-oid

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Resembling/shaped/like/shaped like

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-orium

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Place for

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-osis

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Process of/condition of/act of

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-sia, -sis

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Process of/condition of/act of

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-ure

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Result of/act of

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-y

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Condition of/quality of/state of /act of

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CRANI

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Cranium (skull not including the jaw bone)

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TEMPOR

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Temple or time

Decide from context which definition is more suitable

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OCCIPIT

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Occiput (back of the head

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SPHEN

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Wedge

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PTER, PTERYG

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Wing

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ETHM

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Sieve

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ZYGOMAT

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Yoke

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SQUAM

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Scale/scalelike bone/scalelike cell/ squama

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36
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LAMBD

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Greek letter lambda λ

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37
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SGM

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Greek letter sigma ς

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38
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CAV

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Hollow space

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39
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CEREBR

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Cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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CEREBELL

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Cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)

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41
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ENCEPHAL

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Brain

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42
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LOB

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Lobe

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43
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FISS

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Split/splitting

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THALAM

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Chamber/thalamus

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MENING

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Membrane/meninges

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46
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ARACHN

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Spider/spiderweb

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47
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LIMB

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Border/edge

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GYR

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Circle/coil

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49
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SULC

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Groove/furrow

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CINGEL

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Girdle/belt/structure that surrounds

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AMYGDAL

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Almond

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52
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PITUIT

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Mucus/phlegm/discharge

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53
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MENT

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Mind/reason or chin

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PSYCH

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Mind

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THYM

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Emotion/mind

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56
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PHREN

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Mind or diaphragm

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57
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SCHIS, SCHIST, SCHIZ

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Split/division

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58
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SAN, SANIT

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Healthy/sound

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59
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MAN

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Frenzy or hand or thin/loose

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60
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PRESS

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To press/pressing

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61
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PHOR

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To bear/ to carry/ bearing

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62
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PHOB

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Fear

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63
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PHIL

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Loving/affinity to/ craving for

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64
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ANXI

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Worry

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65
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MNE

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To remember

“mn” combination has something to do with memory

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66
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ANDR

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Man/male

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GYN, GYNAEC, GYNEC

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Woman/female

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68
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NECR

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Death/dead

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XEN

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Foreign

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70
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PSEUD

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False

Base

71
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CRYPT

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Hidden

Base

72
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-mania

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Condition of madness/compulsion/obsession

Compound suffix

73
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-mnesia

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Condition of memory

Compound suffix

74
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-philia

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Condition of attraction/ abnormal craving for

Compound suffix

75
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-phobia

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Condition of fear/abnormal fear of

Compound suffix

76
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-verse

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To turn/ to travel/ turned

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