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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Cerebr/o

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Brain-Cerebral

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Dur/o

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Touch-Hard-Dura Mater

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Meninges

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Dura Mater
Arachnoid Mater
Pia Mater

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Angioplasty

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Surgical repair of vessel

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Cerebromalacia

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Softening of brain tissue

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Craniotomy

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Removing part of the skull

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Ment/o

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Mind, Mentality, Mentation

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Neur/o

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Nerve, Neurogenic, Neurology, Neuropathy

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Phren/o

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Mind, phrenic, phrenology

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Psych/o

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Mind, Psychology, Psychiatric

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Schiz/o

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To divide, split, schizophrenia

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Somat/o

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Body, Somatic, Somatropin, Somatalgia

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Mentation

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Neurogenic

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Neuropathy

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Phrenic

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Phrenology

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Psychology

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Study of the mind, psyche

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Psychiatric

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Schizophrenia

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Somatic

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Somatropin

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Somatalgia

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-

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Neurectomy

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Surgical removal of nerve

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Neurology

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Study of the nerves

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Neurologic

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Neurologist

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-

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Neuroscientist

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Neurosurgeon

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Electr/o

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Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG)

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Enchephilitis

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Inflammation of the brain

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Esthesi/o

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Feeling

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Anesthesia

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Without feeling; a drug to alter consciousness and manage pain

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Gangli/o, Ganlion/o

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Knot

Basal Ganglia

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Myel/o

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Spinal Cord

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Myelitis

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Inflammation of the spinal cord

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Vag/o

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Vagus Nerve

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Vasovagal

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-

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Analgesics

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Drugs used in minor pain management

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Opioid Analgesic

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Codeine and morphine

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Anesthesiologist

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A physician who manages a patients anesthesia

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Cerebral Angiography

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Computed Tomography (CT scan)

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Layering of X-ray pictures, dye inserted to track flow

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Craniectomy

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Removal of cranium

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Craniotomy

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Cutting into cranium

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Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)

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Treatment of stroke; chemical that dissolves blood clots in vessels supplying the brain

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Neuroplasty

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Surgical repair of a nerve

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Neurorrhaphy

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Suturing of a nerve

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Neurotomy

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Incision into a nerve

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Psychotherapy

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Helps patients overcome phobias and depression

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Psychiatry

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Medically trained and prescribe medication

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Psychiatrist

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Somebody who practices psychiatry

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Psychopharmacology

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-

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Psychoanalysis

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-

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Anxiety disorder

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Phobias

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Attention deficit disorder

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(ADD)

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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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(ADHD)

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Bipolar Disease

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Mental disease process which involves the highs and lows of depression and manic phases

  • Everything they are thinking comes out verbally
  • Hyper and cannot tell reality from imagination
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Dementia

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Process of deterioration of the brain that leads to memory and cognitive processes

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Mania

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High psychomotor activity, euphoria, uncontrolled behavior

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Neurosis

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Mild mental disturbances like depression, anxiety, hypochondria

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Paranoia

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More extreme mental disturbance like conspiracy, threats

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Phobia

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Irrational fears like agoraphobia, arachnophobia, coulrophobia

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Psychosomatic

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Influence of the mind over bodily functions, especially disease

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Schizophrenia

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Psychosis characterized by delusions, hallucinations, withdrawals

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