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home/o

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same

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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neur/o

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nerve

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-logy

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study of

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inter-

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between

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-on

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structure

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somat/o

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body

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dendr/o

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dendrite

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-glia

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glue

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astr/o

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star

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-cyte

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cell

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encephal/o

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brain

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cortic/o

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cortex

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lob/o

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lobe

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cord/o

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spinal cord

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chord/o

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spinal cord

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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mening/o

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meninges

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meningi/o

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meninges

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rhiz/o

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nerve root

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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dur/o

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dura mater

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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dermat/o

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skin

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-tome

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instrument used to cut

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a-

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without

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phas/o

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speech

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-ia

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condition

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dys-

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difficult

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phag/o

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eat

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somn/o

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sleep

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hypo-

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deficient

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kinesi/o

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movement

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-algia

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pain

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para-

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abnormal

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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calcul/o

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stone

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geus/o

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taste

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gnos/o

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knowledge

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graph/o

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record

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osm/o

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sense of smell

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prax/o

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purposeful movement

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lex/o

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word

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-cephalus

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head

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bi-

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two

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-fida

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split

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hemat/o

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blood

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-oma

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tumor, mass

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vertebr/o

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my/o

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troph/o

A

development

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-ic

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pertaining to

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later/o

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-sclerosis

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condition of hardening

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epi-

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-lepsy

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narc/o

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polio-

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poly-

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vascul/o

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-al

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pertaining to

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ischem/o

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di-

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-plegia

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hemi-

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-paresis

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slight paralysis

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mono-

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quadri-

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fibr/o

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cyt/o

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medull/o

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blast/o

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angi/o

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-graphy

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process of recording

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tom/o

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echo-

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electr/o

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electricity

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lumb/o

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lower back

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endo-

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crani/o

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-ectomy

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-tomy

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stere/o

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three-dimensional (3D)

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tax/o

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order, arrangement

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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-scopic

A

pertaining to viewing

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-stomy

A

new opening

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micro-

A

small, tiny

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-lysis

A

destruction

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-plasty

A

surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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vag/o

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vagus nerve

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rhiz/o

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spinal nerve root

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trans-

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cutane/o

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-ous

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pertaining to

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AD

A

Alzheimer disease

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ADL

A

activity of daily living

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ALS

A

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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ANS

A

autonomic nervous system

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BBB

A

blood-brain barrier

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C1-C8

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cervical nerves

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CNS

A

central nervous system

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CP

A

cerebral palsy

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CSF

A

cerebrospinal fluid

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CT scan

A

computerized tomography scan

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CVA

A

cerebrovascular accident

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DTR

A

deep tendon reflex

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EEG

A

electroencephalogram, electroencephalography

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EP

A

evoked potential

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GARS

A

gait assessment rating scale

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HIVD

A

herniated intervertebral disk

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L1-L5

A

lumbar nerves

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LP

A

lumbar puncture

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MRI

A

magnetic resonance imaging

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MSLT

A

multiple sleep latency test

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PD

A

Parkinson disease

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PET scan

A

positron emission tomography scan

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PNS

A

peripheral nervous system

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SPECT

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single-photon emission computed tomography

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T1-T12

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thoracic nerves

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TENS

A

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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TIA

A

transient ischemia

NAT 307 Medical Terminology (13 decks)

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