Unit 3: Nervous System & Tumors Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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ather/o
A
fatty, porridge-like
3
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carcin/o
A
cancer
4
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cephal/o
A
head
5
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cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
6
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emes/o, emet/o, emetic/o
A
vomiting
7
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encephal/o
A
brain, inside head
8
Q
fibr/o
A
fibrous
9
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hist/o
A
tissue
10
Q
lei/o
A
smooth
11
Q
lip/o
A
fat
12
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lymph/o
A
lymphatic
13
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melan/o
A
dark pigmented, black
14
Q
mening/o
A
meninges
15
Q
epitheli/o
A
epithelial
16
Q
my/o
A
muscle
17
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myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
18
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nat/o
A
birth
19
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ne/o
A
new
20
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neur/o
A
nerve
21
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onc/o
A
tumor
22
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oste/o
A
bone
23
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papill/o
A
small elevation of tissue
24
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pariet/o
A
wall
25
periton/o
peritoneum
26
pleur/o
lung lining or membrane
27
poli/o
gray
28
psych/o
mind
29
rhabd/o
rod shaped
30
spin/o
spinal
31
viscer/o
organ
32
anti-
against
33
dys-
difficult, painful
34
hydro-
water
35
hyper-
above, increased
36
hypo-
below, decreased
37
neo-
new
38
-algia
(noun) pain
39
-algic
(adjective) pain
40
-blast
embryonic or immature
41
-cele
hernia
42
-ectomy
excision
43
-genesis
generate, develop
44
-iatrist
specialist, physician
45
-malacia
softening
46
-oid
like, resembling
47
-oma
tumor, abnormal growth
48
-ous (adjective)
material, condition
49
-pathy
disease
50
-philia
love
51
-phobia
fear
52
-plasia
development
53
-plasm
growth of tissue
54
- tomy
incision
55
-trophy
development
56
-tropic
affecting
