Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors Flashcards
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-blast
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embryonic or immature
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-cele
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hernia or herniation
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-genesis
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generate, develop
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-iatrist
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specialist, physician
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-malacia
A
softening
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-oid
A
resembling, like
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-oma
A
tumor
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-philia
A
love or attraction, affinity for
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-plasia
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development, formation
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-plasm
A
growth of tissue
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-tomy
A
incision
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-trophy
A
development, growth
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-tropic
A
affecting
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-ectomy
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surgical removal; excision; cutting out
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-otomy
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surgical incision; cutting into; making an incision
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-ostomy or -stomy
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to form a new opening surgically
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anti-
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against
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dys-
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difficult, painful
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hydro-
A
water
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hyper-
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above, increased, more than
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hypo-
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below, decreased, less than
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neo-
A
new
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aden/o
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gland
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carcin/o
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cancer
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cephal/o
head
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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crani/o
skull or cranium
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emes/o; emet/o; emetic/o
vomiting
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epitheli/o
epithelial
30
encephal/o
brain, inside head
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esthesi/o
physical feeling, sensation
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lei/o
smooth
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mening/o
meninges
34
my/o
muscle
35
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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nat/o
birth
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ne/o
new
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor
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oste/o
bone
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papill/o
small elevation of tissue
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pariet/o
wall
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periton/o
peritoneum
44
poli/o
gray
45
psych/o
mind/mental
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rhabd/o
rod shaped
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spin/o
spinal
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viscer/o
organ
49
EEG
electroencephalogram
50
EP
evoked potentials
51
PSG
poly sonograms
52
NCS
nerve conduction studies
53
ENG
electronystagmograms
54
met, metas, mets
metastasis
55
IPV
inactivated polio vaccine
56
CIS
cancer in situ
57
CA
cancer
58
CNS
central nervous system
59
CSF
cerebrospinal fluid
60
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
61
LP
lumbar puncture
62
MRI
magnetic resonance image
