Med term Ch 9

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anxi/o
anxious, uneasy
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cephal/o
head
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cerebell/o
cerebellum
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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contus/o
to bruise
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crani/o
skull
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dur/o
dura matter
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encephal/o
brain
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ethes/o, esthesi/o
nervous sensation
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gli/o
glue
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hydr/o
water
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hypn/o
sleep
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isch/o
back, to hold back
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lamin/o
lamina (thin plate or layer, arch)
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lex/o
word
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medull/o
medulla oblongata
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mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
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neur/o
nerve
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phas/o
speech
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phob/o
fear
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phren/o
mind
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pol/o
extreme
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poli/o
gray matter
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pont/o
pons
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psych/o
mind
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radicul/o
nerve root
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schiz/o
split
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somat/o
body
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synaps/o, synapt/o
point of contact, to join
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syncop/o
to cut off, cut short, faint
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tax/o
coordination, order
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tempor/o
the temples
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thalam/o
thalamus
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thec/o
sheath (meninges)
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traumat/o
trauma, injury, wound
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troph/o
development, nourishment
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ventricul/o
ventricle
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bi-
two, both
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con-
together, with
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dys-
painful, difficult
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en-
in, within
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epi-
on, over, upon
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hemi-
half
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intra-
within, into
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mono-
one, single
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par-, para-
near, beside, alongside, beyond, abnormal
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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quadri-
four
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sub-
below, under
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\-al, -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic
pertaining to
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\-algesia
pain, sensitivity
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\-algia
pain
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\-asthenia
weakness
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\-cele
hernia, swelling, protrusion
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\-e
(noun suffix with no meaning)
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\-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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\-ethesia
feeling, sensation
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\-ia
condition
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\-ion
process, state, condition
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\-lepsy
seizure
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\-leptic
to seize, take hold of
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\-lysis
breakdown, separation, loosening
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\-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
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\-orexia
appetite
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\-osis
abnormal condition
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\-paresis
weakness
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\-phasia
speech
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\-plegia
paralysis
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\-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
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\-rrhaphy
suture
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\-sclerosis
hardening, thickening
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\-taxia
muscle coordination
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\-tropic
turning
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\-um, -us
structure, tissue, thing