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Unit 6 Roots Flashcards

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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 neck

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aneurysm(os)

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Dilation of a 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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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(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

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caud(a)

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Tail

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central

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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, cereb/o

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Brain

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chemo

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Chemical

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chor(ion)

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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(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 a 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; ciliary body which forms a circle around the inside of the eyes

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cysticerus

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Larva stage of some tapeworm

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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 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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Retaining 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 particular size

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encephal/o

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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(I)o(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

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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

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glaucoma

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Increasing 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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homunculus

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Map of the body on the brain surface

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hydro

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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(is), irid(es), irido

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isch

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kerat/o

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kine/t

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labyrinth

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lacrim

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Crying; tears

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laryng/o

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leps(is)

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Seizure; grasp

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lex(is)

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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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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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metr

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Measurement

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motor

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my(ein)

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Pupil constriction

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myc

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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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myring/o

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narco

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nas/o

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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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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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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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osme

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oste/o

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ot/o

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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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pariet

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Side of the head

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path(os)

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phac/o, 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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phot/o

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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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pol(e), polar

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One end of a round object

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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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propri(us)

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Understanding of one’s own body position

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prosop

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pseudo

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psych/o

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py/o

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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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saccule

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salping/o

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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 (white of the eye)

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scot

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Darkness; blindness

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soma

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somn/o

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Sleep; drowsiness

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sono

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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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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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tinnitus

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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

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Turning toward

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tympan/o

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utricle

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varicos(e)

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Dilation; enlargement

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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 structure controlling balance

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