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Physiology & Pathophysiology Flashcards

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esthesi/o, esthet/o, -esthesia

esthesiology

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sensation, perception

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gnost/o, -gnosia, -gnosis

agnosia, atopognosis

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knowledge

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mnemon/o, -mnesia

amnesia

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memory

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leth/o

lethologica

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forgetfulness

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letharg/o

lethargic

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mental sluggishness, drowsiness

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top/o

topography

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place, spot, region

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stere/o

astereognosis

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solid, three-dimensional

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kinesi/o, kine/o, -kinesia

kinesiology, hyperkinesia

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movement

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mot/o

motoneuron

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movement

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praxi/o, -praxia, -praxis

praxiology, apraxia

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activity, doing, practice

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tax/o

taxonomy

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coordinate, order

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ton/o

monotone, hypertonicity

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tension, stretching, tone (esp. in muscles)

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spasm/o, spast/o

spastic

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spasm (a sudden involuntary muscle contraction)

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leps/o, lept/o, -lepsy

prolepsis, narcolepsy

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seizure

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-ictal

posictal, ictometer

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seizure, stroke (CVA), blow

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pykn/o, pycn/o

pyknocyte, pyknemia, pyknolepsy

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thick, dense, frequent

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pleg/o, -plegia, plect/o,-plexy

hemiplegic, monoplegia, apopletic, cataplexy

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paralysis, stroke

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palsy

cerebral palsy

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paralysis

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-paresis

hemiparesis

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partial paralysis

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sthen/o

myasthenia, sthenometer

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strength

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clon/o

clonospasm, myoclonia

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clonus (i.e. spasmodic alteration of muscle contraction)

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chore/o

choreoathetosis, choreography

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chorea (i.e. involuntary dancing/writhing movement), dance

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narc/o

narcolepsy

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stupor, sleep

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hypn/o

hypnosis

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sleep

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somn/o

insomnia

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sleep

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sopor/o

soporific, soporous

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sleep

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comat/o, -coma

comatose

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coma (i.e. state of unconsciousness that cannot be aroused from)

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lal/o, -lalia

laloplegia

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speech

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phas/o, -phasis, -phasia

aphasiac, allophasis, aphasia

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speech

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phras/o, -phrasia

paraphrase, aphrasia

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speech, phrase

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lex/o

dyslexia

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word, speech, reading

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log/o, -logy

psychology, logorrhea

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speech, reason, word

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phag/o, -phagia

phagocytosis, aphagia

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eat, swallow

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vert/o, vers/o

vertigo, inversion

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turning

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trem/o, tremul/o

tremophobia, tremulous

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shaking, trembling

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opisth/o

opisthotonos, opisthoglossal

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backward, behind

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oneir/o

oneiric, oneirology

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dream

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