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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 mater
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encephal/o
brain
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esthes/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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\-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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\-emic
pertaining to blood condition
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\-esthesia
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 (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
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