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Unit 6 med term Flashcards

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af-

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going into

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con-

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together, with

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dipl-

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separate, apart, double, two

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ef-

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going out of

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endo-

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inside

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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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in-

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not

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isch-

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keep back

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mirco-

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small

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mid-

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middle

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multi-

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several; many

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post-

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behind

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pre-

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in front of

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quadri-

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four

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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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moving around

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ampulla

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flask with long, narrow neck

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aneurysm

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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

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spidera

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ater
aterio

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artery

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asthen

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weakness

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athero

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encysted tumor

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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

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self

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axon

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nerve cell structure that carries a signal over a long distance

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basi

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base

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blepharo

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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

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caud

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tail

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central

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in the center

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cephalo

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pertaining to the head

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cerebro

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brain

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chemo

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chemical

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chorion

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membrane

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clonus

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violent shaking

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cochlea

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snail’s shell

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conjunctiva

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joining

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convuls

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jerking movement

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corn

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horn

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cortex
cortico

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outside of a multilayered structure

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cran

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head; skull

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cyclo

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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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cysticercus

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larval stage of some tapeworms

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cysto

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fluid-filled space

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dacryo

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tear

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decussate

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make a shape like the letter X

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dendro

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tree

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depress

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push down

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derma
dermat

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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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emboi

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arterial blockage

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emulsion

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mixture with large particle sizes

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encephalo

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brain

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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
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

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carry; move

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gangli

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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

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glaucoma

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increased pressure in eye

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glia/o

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glue

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glosso

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tongue

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glyco

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sugar

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gnos

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knowing

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gustat

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taste

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gyrus

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elevation or bump on the brain

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heme
hemo
hemat

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homunculus

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little man, map of the body on the brain surface

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hypno

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ictus

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seizure; sudden unexpected illness

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idios

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insula

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ir
irid
irido

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kerato

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kinet

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labyrinth

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lacrim

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crying; tears

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larying/o

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leps

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seizure; grasp

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lexis

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ligand

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signaling molecule or drug that binds a receptor

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lir

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staying on track

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lith

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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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mecano

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mechanical

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medulla

A

inside a multilayered strucrure

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mening
meningi/o

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coverings of the brain

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mens
ment

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metr

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measurement

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motor

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myein

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pupil construction

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myc

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mydriasis

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pupil dilation

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myelo

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spinal cord

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myo

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myringo

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narco

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naso

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neruo

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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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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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oculo

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ops
opto
ophthalmo

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eye; vision

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orexis

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osme

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osteo

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oto

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propagate

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reproduce; breed

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papilla

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paresis

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paresis

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pariet

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side of the head

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pathos

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phaco
phak

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pharmaco

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pertaining to drugs

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phas

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phon

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phor

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photo

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phren

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skull; mind

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physi

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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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pole
polar

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one end of the 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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proprius

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understanding of ones own body position

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prosop

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pseudo

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psycho

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pyo

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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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retina
reino

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net; the receptive surface of the eye

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rhino

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saccule

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salpingo

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sciatic

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nerve of the buttocks and thigh

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sclera/o

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sclera/o

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scot

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darkness; blindness

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soma

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somno

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sleep; drowsiness

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sono

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spin

A

spinal column

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stigma

A

wound; point

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stimulus

A

someting which initiates an action

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sulcus

A

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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tempor

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side of the head around the ear

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thermo

A

temperature

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thrombo

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tinnitus

A

jingling or ringing noise

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tox

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transmit

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carry along

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trop

A

turning toward

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tympano

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utricle

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varicose

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dilation, enlargement

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vascull

A

little vessel

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vertigo

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spinning sensation

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vestibulo

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inner ear structures controlling balance

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vitre

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asis

A

state of being

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ea

A

anatomical word ending

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ellum

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diminutive suffix

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ent

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word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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iatrist

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clinician who studies

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iatry

A

the act of studying

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ication

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pertaining to word ending that turns a verb into a noun

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ient

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word ending which indicates an ongoing condition

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ization

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turns a noun into a verb and then back into a noun

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lytic

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substance that causes a breakdown or destruction

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metry

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the act of measuring

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ology

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plegia

A

inability to move

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rrhage

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abnormal flow

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tatic

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pertaining to stretching

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ter

A

noun ending

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tome

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instrument for cutting

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trophic

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pertaining to nourishment or growth

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