Chapter 10 (Word Parts) Flashcards
(44 cards)
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caus/o
A
burning or burn
2
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum or brain
3
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concuss/o
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shaken together or violently agitated
4
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contus/o
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bruise
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encephal/o
A
brain
6
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-esthesia
A
sensation or feeling
7
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esthet/o
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feeling, nervous sensation, or sense of perception
8
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-graphy
A
process of producing, picture or record
9
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mening/o
A
meninges or membranes
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
11
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neur/i, neur/o
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nerve or nerve tissue
12
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phobia
A
abnormal fear
13
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psych/o
A
mind
14
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radicul/o
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root or nerve root
15
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tropic
A
having an affinity for
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dur/o
A
dura mater
17
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
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hypothalam/o
A
hypothalamus
19
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
20
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cephal/o
A
head
21
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en-
A
inside (as in encephal/o = brain)
22
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crani/o
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cranium or skull bones
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electr/o
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electrical
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kinesi/o
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movement
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-kinesia, -kinesis
movement
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-plegia
paralysis
27
-phasia
speech, speak
28
-taxia
coordination
29
-pathy
any disease of
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-lysis
destruction, freeing from adhesions
31
-tripsy
crushing, surgical crushing
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-malacia
abnormal softening
33
-gram
the record
34
-graphy
process of recording
35
-graph
instrument used to record
36
-oma
tumor, swelling
37
a-, an-
absence of, lack of, without
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epi-
upon, over
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brady-
abnormally slow
40
tachy-
abnormally fast
41
hemi-
half
42
apoplexy
stroke, CVA
43
Name the two types of stokes.
ischemic and hemorrhagic (TIAs, mini strokes)
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-aphasia
inability to speak, write or comprehend the written word
