Nervous System: Word Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes Flashcards by Leah Xiong

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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-esthesia

A

feeling

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-kinesia

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movement

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-paresis

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partial paralysis

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-phasia

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speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-taxia

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order, coordination

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para-

A

near, beside; beyond

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pachy-

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thick

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syn-

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union, together, joined

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-algesia

-algia

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pain

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ton/o

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tension

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ventricul/o

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ventricle (of the heart of brain)

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thec/o

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sheath (usually referring to meninges)

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thalam/o

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thalamus

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sthen/o

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strength

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radicul/o

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nerve root

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neur/o

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nerve

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narc/o

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stupor; numbness; sleep

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myel/o

A

bone marrow; spinal cord

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mening/o

meningi/o

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meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)

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lex/o

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word, phrase

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lept/o

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thin, slender

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kinesi/o

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movement

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gli/o

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glue; neuroglial tissue

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gangli/o

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ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

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encephal/o

A

brain

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crani/o

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cranium (skull)

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cerebr/o

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cerebrum

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gnos/o

A

knowing

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-ia

A

condition

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a-

A

without, not

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an-

A

without, not, loss

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ment

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mind

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de-

A

cessation

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult

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lex

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word, phrase

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hydr/o

A

water

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-us

A

condition; structure

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-cele

A

hernia, swelling

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poli/o

A

gray, gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)

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radicul/o

A

nerve root

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-pathy

A

disease

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-graphy

A

process of recording

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spin

A

spine

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angi/o

A

vessel (usually blood or lymph)

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echo-

A

repeated sound

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thalam/o

A

thalamus

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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peritone

A

peritoneum

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intra-

A

in, within

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ven

A

vein

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-ous

A

pertaining to

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-lepsy

A

seizure