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Neurology Word Building Flashcards

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1
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suffix: pain (x2)

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-algesia, -algia

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suffix: hernia, swelling

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-cele

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suffix: feeling, sensation

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-esthesia

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suffix: movement

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-kinesia, -kinesis

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suffix: seizure

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-lepsy

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suffix: partial paralysis

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-paresis

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suffix: swallowing

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-phagia

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suffix: speech

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-phasia

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suffix: paralysis

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-plegia

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suffix: action

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-praxia

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suffix: prolapse

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-ptosis

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suffix: strength

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-sthenia

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suffix: development, nourishment

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-trophy

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prefix: not, without

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a-, -an

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prefix: grey matter of brain

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polio-

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prefix: four

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quadri-

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pain

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alges/o

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blood vessel

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angi/o

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burn, burning

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caus/o

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head

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cephal/o

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cerebellum

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cerebell/o

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cerebrum

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cerebr/o

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deep sleep

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comat/o

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cold

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cry/o

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dura mater

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dur/o

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glue, neuroglial tissue

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gli/o

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movement

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kines/o

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thin, slender

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lept/o

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word, phrase

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lex/o

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meninges

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mening/o

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muscle

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my/o

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spinal cord; bone marrow

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myel/o

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numbness; stupor; sleep

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narc/o

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pons

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pont/o

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nerve root

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radicul/o

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coordination

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tax/o

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sheath

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thec/o

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vagus nerve

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vag/o

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ALS

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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ANS

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autonomic nervous system

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AVMs

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arteriovenous malformations

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CNS

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central nervous system

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CP

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cerebral palsy

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CSF

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cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

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cerebrovascular accident

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CVD

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cerebrovascular disease

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EEG

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electroencephalogram

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EMG

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electromyogram

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HNP

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herniated nucleus pulposus

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ICP

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intracranial pressure

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LP

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lumbar puncture

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MS

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multiple sclerosis

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PET

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positron emission tomography

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PNS

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peripheral nervous system

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RIND

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reversible, ischemic neurological deficit

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R/O

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rule out

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RT

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radiation therapy

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SAH

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

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SNS

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somatic nervous system

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TENS

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transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

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TIA

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transient ischemic attack

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TPA

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tissue plasminogen activator

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weakness or disability

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asthenia

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escape of CSF through ear

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cerebrospinal otorrhea

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partial or incomplete paralysis

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paresis

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sensation of numbness/prickling/tingling

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paresthesia

67
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failure of closure of skull in posterior midline

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cranium bifidum

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failure of closure of spinal cord

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spina bifida

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protrusion of meninges

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meningocele

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protrusion of brain tissue

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encephalocele

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protrusion of spinal cord

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myelocele

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abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid within skull due to blockage

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hydrocephalus

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medulla and cerebellum protrude from skull into cx portion of vertebral column

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Arnold-Chiari malformation

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changes in severed peripheral nerve fiber

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Wallerian degeneration

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any toxic/traumatic/inflammatory/degenerative change in peripheral nerve

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peripheral neuropathy (neuritis)

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group of uncommon childhood diseases due to defects in myelin formatoin

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leukoencephalopathy

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3 types of leukoencelopathy

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schilder disease, pelizaeus-merzbacher disease, krabbe disease

78
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various acute and chronic disturbances of brain function

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encephalopathy

79
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damage to middle meningeal artery

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extradural hemorrhage

80
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venous bleeding enlarging over days/weeks

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subdural hemorrhage

81
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trauma or rupture of congenital aneurysm

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

82
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common and bizarre breathing pattern esp. coma patients

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Cheyne-Stoke respiration

83
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loss of or diminished achilles tendon reflex in sciatica

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babinksi sign

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inability to maintain body balance when eyes shut and feet close together

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romberg sign

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