Nervous System: Word Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes Flashcards
(54 cards)
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-asthenia
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weakness, debility
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-esthesia
A
feeling
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-kinesia
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movement
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-paresis
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partial paralysis
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-taxia
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order, coordination
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para-
A
near, beside; beyond
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pachy-
A
thick
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syn-
A
union, together, joined
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-algesia
-algia
A
pain
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ton/o
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tension
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ventricul/o
A
ventricle (of the heart of brain)
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thec/o
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sheath (usually referring to meninges)
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thalam/o
A
thalamus
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sthen/o
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strength
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radicul/o
A
nerve root
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neur/o
A
nerve
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narc/o
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stupor; numbness; sleep
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myel/o
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bone marrow; spinal cord
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mening/o
meningi/o
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meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
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lex/o
A
word, phrase
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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kinesi/o
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movement
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gli/o
glue; neuroglial tissue
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gangli/o
ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
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encephal/o
brain
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crani/o
cranium (skull)
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cerebr/o
cerebrum
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gnos/o
knowing
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-ia
condition
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a-
without, not
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an-
without, not, loss
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ment
mind
34
de-
cessation
35
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
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lex
word, phrase
37
hydr/o
water
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-us
condition; structure
39
-cele
hernia, swelling
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poli/o
gray, gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)
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radicul/o
nerve root
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-pathy
disease
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-graphy
process of recording
44
spin
spine
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angi/o
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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echo-
repeated sound
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thalam/o
thalamus
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ventricul/o
ventricle
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peritone
peritoneum
50
intra-
in, within
51
ven
vein
52
-ous
pertaining to
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-lepsy
seizure
