Nervous System Word Parts Flashcards by Eingle Agbonkonkon

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anxi/o

A

anxious; uneasy

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebell/o

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cerebellum

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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contus/o

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to bruise

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crani/o

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skull

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dur/o

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dura mater (layer of meninges)

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encephal/o

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brain (in the head)

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esthes/o, esthesi/o

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nervous sensation

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gli/o

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glue

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hydr/o

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water

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hypn/o

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sleep

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isch/o

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back; to hold back

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lamin/o

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lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)

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lex/o

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word

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medull/o

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medulla oblongata (part of brain stem)

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mening/o, meningi/o

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meninges

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neur/o

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nerve

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phas/o

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speech (unable to speak)

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phob/o

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fear

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phren/o

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mind

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pol/o

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extreme (polo is an extreme sport)

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poli/o

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gray matter

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pont/o

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pons

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radicul/o

A

nerve root

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psych/o

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mind

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schiz/o

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split

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somat/o

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body

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synaps/o, synapt/o

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point of contact; to join

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syncop/o

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to cut off; cut short; faint (to cut off consciousness)

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tax/o

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coordination; order

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tempor/o

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the temples

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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thec/o

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sheath (meninges)

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traumat/o

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trauma; injury; wound

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troph/o

A

development; nourishment

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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bi-

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two; both

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con-

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together; with

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dys-

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painful; difficult

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en-

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in; within

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epi-

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on; over; upon

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hemi-

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half (left and right)

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intra-

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within; into

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mono-

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one; single

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par-, para-

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near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal

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poly-

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many; much

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post-

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after; behind

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quadri-

A

four

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sub-

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below; under

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-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic

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pertaining to

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-algesia

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pain; sensitivity

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-algia

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pain

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-asthenia

A

weakness

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-cele

A

hernia; swelling; protrusion

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-e

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(noun suffix with no meaning)

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-emic

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pertaining to blood condition

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-esthesia

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feeling; sensation

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-ia

A

condition

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-ion

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process; state; condition

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-leptic

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to seize; take hold of

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-lysis

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breakdown; seperation; loosening

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-lytic

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pertaining to breakdown or destruction

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-osis

A

abnormal condition

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-orexia

A

appetite

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-paresis

A

weakness

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

A

paralysis

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-rrhagic

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pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)

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-rrhaphy

A

suture

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-sclerosis

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hardening; thickening

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-taxia

A

muscle coordination

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-trophic

A

turning

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-um, -us

A

structure; tissue; thing