Chapter 3 - Nervous System and Tumors - Words Flashcards by Kim Sullivan

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aden/ectomy

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surgical removal of a gland

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aden/itis

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inflammation of a gland

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aden/o/carcin/oma

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cancerous tumor of the gland

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anti/ne/o/plastic

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preventing development of neoplastic cells

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ather/oma

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fat tumor

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ather/o/scler/osis

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condition of fatty deposits causing hardening

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carcin/oma

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malignant tumor, cancerous tumor

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cephal/algia

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pain in head, headache

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cephal/ic

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pertaining to the head or toward the head

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cerebr/oma

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tumor of the cerebrum

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cerebr/o/malacia

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softening of the cerebrum

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cerebr/o/spin/al

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relating/pertaining to the brain and spinal cord

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crani/ectomy

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cut out, excision of the cranium, surgical removal

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crani/o/plasty

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surgical repair of skull

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elect/o/encephal/o/gram

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picture of electrical activity of brain

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electr/o/neur/o/diagnos/tic

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pertains to the technologist that studies electrical activity

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emetic

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pertaining to vomit; an agent that induces vomiting

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encephal/itis

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inflammation of the brain

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encephal/o/cele

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herniation of brain tissue

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encephal/oma

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brain tumor

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encephal/o/mening/itis

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inflammation of brain and meninges

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encephal/o/tomy

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incision into brain

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hist/o/logy

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study of tissues, branch of anatomy

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hydr/o/cephal/us

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fluid in skull; increase in CSF

hydr/o/phobia

fear of the water; also rabies

hyper/active

increase, more than usual, activity

lip/oma

a tumor of fatty tissue

melan/o/carcin/oma

dark pigmented, black cancerous tumor

myel/o/mening/o/cele

hernia of the meninges and spinal cord

myel/o/cyte

a bone marrow cell

myel/o/dys/plasia

abnormal formation of the spinal cord

myel/o/pathy

any disease or disorder of the spinal cord or bone marrow

my/o/spasm

muscle spasm or twitching

necr/o/philia

love or attraction for the dead

ne/o/nat/al

of, relating to, or affecting the newborn

ne/o/genesis

generate new tissue growth

ne/o/plasm

abnormal growth of cells

neur/o/logy

study of nervous system

neur/o/surgeon

physician performs surgery on the nervous system

onc/o/logist

a specialist in oncology; cancer

polio/myel/itis

inflammation of spinal cord gray matter

psych/iatrist

a physician specializing in psychiatry

rhabd/o/my/o/sarc/oma

cancer of rod shaped muscle

sarc/oma

malignant tumor of connective tissues

viscer/al

pertaining to the internal organs

viscer/o/genic

pertaining to or originating from an organ