Chapter 3 - Nervous System & Tumors - Parts Flashcards
(48 cards)
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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
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softening
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-oid
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resembling, like
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-oma
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tumor
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-philia
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love or attraction, affinity for
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-plasia
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development, formation
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-plasm
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growth of tissue
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-tomy
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incision
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-trophy
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development, growth
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-tropic
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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, -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-
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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
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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
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my/o
muscle
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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
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poli/o
gray
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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
