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Unit 6 Flashcards

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a

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not

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af

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going into (was originally ad-)

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an

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not

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ana

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up, throughout, again

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anti

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against (an action)

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apo

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from, off, away

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auto

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self

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bi
bin

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two, double

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cata

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down, downward

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con

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together, with

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de

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from, down, out

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di
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separate, apart, double, two

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dys

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bad

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out, off, from, beyond

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ef

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going out of

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en

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inside

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end
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inside

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epi

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on top of

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eso

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outward

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eu

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good, well-

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ex
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out, outside, without

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extra

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outside, more, beyond

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hemi

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half

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hyper

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too much

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hypo
(before process)

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too little

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hypo
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below

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not

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inter

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beetween

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intra

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inside

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isch

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keep back (shortening of greek iskhein)

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macro

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large

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micr
micro

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small

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mid

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middle

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mono

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one

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multi

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several; many

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para

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beside;near

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peri

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around

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poly

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many; too much

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post

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behind (Anatomically or in time)

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pre

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in front of (Anatomically or in time)

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pro

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in front of; in favor of

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quadri

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four

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re

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again

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sub

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an underlayer; support

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sym
syn

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with, together

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trans

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through

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tri

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three

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uni

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one

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xero

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dry

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acous
acusis

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hearing

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aden

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gland

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aer

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air

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ambly

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blunted

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ambul

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moving around

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ampulla

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flask with long, narrow necks

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aneurysm[os]

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dilation of an artery

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angio

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vessel

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anxio

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anxiety

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arachn[id]

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spider

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arter
arterio

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artery

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asthen

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weakness

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athero

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Fatty plaque

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audio

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sound

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audit

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hearing

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aur

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sound

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aut[os]

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self

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axo[n]
axon

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nerve cell structure that carries a signal over a long distance

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basi[s]

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base (of the midbrain)

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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brain

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brain

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cataract

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cloudiness (“waterfall”)

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caud[a]

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tail

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central [sulcus]

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in the center

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cephal/o

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pertaining to the head

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cereb
cerebr/o

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brain

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chemo

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chemical

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ALS

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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AU

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both ears

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AD

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right ear

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AS

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left ear

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CNS

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central nervous system

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CSF

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cerebrospinal fluid

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CVA

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cerebrovascular accident; stroke

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EEG

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electroencephalogram

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EENT

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eyes, ears, nose, and throat

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ENT

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ear, nose, and throat

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EMG

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electromyogram

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HEENT

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Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

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ICP

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intracranial pressure

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IOL

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intraocular lense

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IOP

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intraocular pressure

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LASIK

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laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

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LOC

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level of consciousness

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LP

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lumbar puncture

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MRA

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magnetic resonance angiography

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MRI

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magnetic resonance imaging

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MS

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multiple sclerosis

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OU

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both eyes (latin for oculus uterque)

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OD

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right eye (latin for oculus dexter)

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OS

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left eye (latin for oculus sinistra)

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PET

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positron emission tomography

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PERRLA

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pupils are equal, round, reactive to light, and accommodate

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PNS

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peripheral nervous system

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TIA

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transient ischemic attack (small stroke)

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chor[ion]

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membrane (resembling the one surrounding the fetus)

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clonus

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violent shaking

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cochlea

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snails shell

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conjunctiva

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joining ( the eyelids and globe of the eye)

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convuls[e]

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jerking movement

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corn[u]

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horn

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cortex
cortico

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outside of multilayered structure

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cran/i/o

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head; skull

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cycl/o

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circle; in this case, the ciliary body which forms a circle around the inside of the eye

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cyst/o

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fluid-filled space

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dacry/o

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tear(drop)

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decussate

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make a shape like the the letter X

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dendr/o

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tree

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depress

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push down

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derm/a
derm/at

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skin

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duct

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pipe

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dura

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tough

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ectasis

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dilation

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edema

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swelling

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electro

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related to electricity

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embol

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arterial blockage

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emulsion

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mixture with large particle sizes

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encephal/o

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brain (literally, inside the head)

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ependyma

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lining of the ventricles

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esthes

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feeling

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exter[i]or[r]

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outside

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externa

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outside

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fascia

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sheet of fibers; bundle of stick- like structures

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fer[re]

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carry; move

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front

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front

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gangl
gangl/i

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cluster of nerve cell bodies

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geminus

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twins

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gen

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birth (dealing with inheritance)

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glaucoma

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increased pressure in eye

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glia
gli/o

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glue

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glosso

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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gnos

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knowing

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gustat[e]

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taste

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gyrus

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elevation or bump on the brain

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[h]em[e]
hem
heme
hemo
hemat

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blood

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homunculus

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“little man” ; map of the body on the brain surface

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hydro

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water

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hypno

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sleep

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ictus

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seizure; sudden, unexpected illness

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idios

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self

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insula

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island

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ir[is]
irid[es]
irido

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iris

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kerat/o

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horn

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kine/t

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movement

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labyrinth

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maze

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lacrim

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crying; tears

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laryng/o

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voice box

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leps[is]

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seizure; grasp

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lex[is]

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reading

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ligand

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signaling molecule or drug that binds a receptor

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lir[a]

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staying on track

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lith

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stone

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lob
lobo

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large region of the brain; roundish structure

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lymph

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here, the fluid inside the inner ear chambers

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mechano

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mechanical

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medulla

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inside of a multilayered structure

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mening
meningi
meningo

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coverings of the brain

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mens
ment

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mind

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metr

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measurement

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motor

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movement

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my[ein]

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pupil constriction

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myc

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fungus

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mydriasis

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pupil dilation

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myel/o

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spinal cord

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myo

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muscle

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myring/o

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eardrum

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narco

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sleep

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nas/o

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nose

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neur/o

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nervous system

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noci

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harmful; noxious

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nom

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name

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nucle

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the center of something

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nystagmus

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nodding or jerking back-and-forth

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occipit

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back of the head

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ocul/o

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eye

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op
ops
opt/o

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eye; vision

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ophthalm/o

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eye; vision

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orexis

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desire

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osme`

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smell

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear

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propagate

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reproduce; breed

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papilla

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nipple

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paresis

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weakness

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pariet

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side of the head

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path[os]

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feeling

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phac/o
phak

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lense

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pharmaco

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pertaining to drugs

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phas

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speaking

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phor

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carrier

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phot/o

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light

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phren

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skull; mind

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physi

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function

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plas

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something molded

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pleg

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stroke; weakness

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plex

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woven

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pol[e]
polar

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one end of a round object, as in North Pole and South Pole

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polio

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degeneration of myelin

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presby

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elder; old person

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prosop

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face

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pseudo

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flase

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psych/o

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mind

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py/o

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pus

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[re]ceptor
receptor

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a protein on the surface of a cell that turns a chemical on the outside to a signal on the inside of the cell

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retin/a
retin/o

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net; the receptive surface of the eye

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rhin/o

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nose

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saccule

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small sac

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salping/o

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tube

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sciatic

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nerve of the buttocks and thigh

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scler/a
scler/o

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hard

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scot

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darkness; blindness

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soma

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body

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somn/o

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sleep; drowsiness

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sono

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sound

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spin[e]

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spinal column

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stigma

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wound; point

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stimulus

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something which initiates an action

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sulcus

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groove in the brain

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synapse

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contact between a nerve cell and its target

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syncope

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fainting

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tempor

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side of the head around the ear

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therm/o

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temperature

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thromb/o

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clot

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tinnitus

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jingling or ringing noise

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tox

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poison

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transmit

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carry along

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trop

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turning toward

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tympan/o

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eardrum

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utricle

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bag

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varicos[e]

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dilation; elnlargement

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vascul

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little vessel

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vertigo

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spinning sensation

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vestibul/o

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inner ear structures controlling balance

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vitr/e

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glass

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