chapter 9 word parts Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
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anxi/o
A
anxious ; uneasy
2
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cephal/o
A
head
3
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cerebell/o
A
cerebellum
4
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
5
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contus/o
A
to bruise
6
Q
crani/o
A
skull
7
Q
dur/o
A
dura mater
8
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encephal/o
A
brain
9
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esthes/o ; esthesi/o
A
nervous sensation
10
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gil/o
A
glue
11
Q
hydr/o
A
water
12
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hypn/o
A
sleep
13
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isch/o
A
back ; to hold back
14
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lamin/o
A
lamina
15
Q
lex/o
A
word
16
Q
medull/o
A
medulla oblongata
17
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mening/o ; meningi/o
A
meninges
18
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neur/o
A
nerve
19
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phas/o
A
speech
20
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phob/o
A
fear
21
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phren/o
A
mind
22
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pol/o
A
extreme
23
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poli/o
A
gray matter
24
Q
pont/o
A
pons
25
pysch/o
mind
26
radicul/o
nerve root
27
schiz/o
split
28
somat/o
body
29
synaps/o ; synapt/o
point of contact/ to join
30
syncope/o
to cut off
31
tax/o
coordination/order
32
tempor/o
the temples
33
thalam/o
thalamus
34
thec/o
sheath (meninges)
35
traumat/o
trauma ; injury
36
troph/o
development ; nourishment
37
ventricul/o
ventricle
38
bi-
two
39
con-
together ; with
40
dys-
painful ; difficult
41
en-
in ; within
42
epi-
on/over/upon
43
hemi
half
44
intra-
within;into
45
mono-
one ; single
46
par- , para-
near ; beside ; alongside
47
poly-
many ; much
48
post-
after ; behind
49
quadri-
four
50
sub-
below ; under
51
-al, -ar, -ial, -ic
pertaining to
52
-algesia
pain ; sensitivity
53
-algia
pain
54
-asthenia
weakness
55
-cele
hernia ; swelling
56
-e
no meaning
57
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
58
-esthesia
feeling / sensation
59
-ia
condition
60
-ion
process ; state ; condition
61
-lepsy
seizure
62
-leptic
to seize ; take hold of
63
-lysis
breakdown ; separation ; loosening
64
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
65
-orexia
appetite
66
-osis
abnormal condition
67
paresis
weakness
68
-phasia
speech
69
-plegia
paralysis
70
-rrhagic
pertaining to bursting forth (of blood)
71
-rrhaphy
suture
72
-sclerosis
hardening ; thickening
73
-taxia
muscle coordination
74
-tropic
turning
75
-um, -us
structure ; tissue ; thing
