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1
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Cerebell/o

A

Cerebellum

2
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Cerebr/o

A

Cerebrum

3
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Dur/o

A

Dura mater

4
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Encephal/o

A

Brain

5
Q

Gil/o

A

Glia cells

6
Q

Lept/o

A

Thin, slender

7
Q

Mening/o, meningi/o

A

Membranes, meninges

8
Q

My/o

A

Muscle

9
Q

Myel/o

A

Spinal cord

10
Q

Neuro/o

A

Nerve

11
Q

Pont/o

A

Pons

12
Q

Radicul/o

A

Nerve root (of spinal nerves)

13
Q

Thalam/o

A

Thalamas

14
Q

Thec/o

A

Sheath (refers to meninges)

15
Q

Vag/o

A

Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)

16
Q

Alges/o, -algesia

A

Sensitivity to pain

17
Q

-algia

A

Pain

18
Q

Caus/o

A

Burning

19
Q

Comat/o

A

Deep sleep

20
Q

Esthesi/o, -esthesia

A

Feeling, nervous sensation

21
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Kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic

A

Movement

22
Q

-lepsy

A

Seizure

23
Q

Lex/o

A

Word, phrase

24
Q

-paresis

A

Weakness

25
Q

-phasia

A

Speech

26
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-plegia

A

Paralysis (loss or impairment of the ability to move parts of the body)

27
Q

-praxia

A

Action

28
Q

-sthenia

A

Strength

29
Q

Syncop/o

A

To cut off, cut short

30
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Tax/o

A

Order, coordination