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70 Cards in this Set
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alges/o
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excessive
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angi/o
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vessel (blood)
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caus/o
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burn; burning
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum (posterior part of the brain)
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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comat/o
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deep sleep
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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dur/o
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dura mater
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encelphal/o
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brain
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esthesi/o
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nervous sensation
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gli/o
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gial cells; neuroglia cells (supportive tissue of nervous system)
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hydr/o
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water
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kines/o; kines/o
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movement
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lept/o
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thin, slender
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lex/o
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word; phrase
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mening/o; meningi/o
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meninges (membranes covering the spinal cord and brain).
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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spinal cord; bone marrow
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narc/o
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numbness; stupor; sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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olig/o
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scanty
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pont/o
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pons (a part of the brain)
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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spin/o
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spine (backbone)
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syncop/o
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to cut off; cut short; faint
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tax/o
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order; coordination
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thalam/o
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thalamus
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thec/o
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sheath
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troph/o
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nourishment; development
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vag/o
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vagus nerve.
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a-, an-
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no; not; without
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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epi-
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above; upon, on
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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above; excessive
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hypo-
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deficient; below; under; less than normal.
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intra-
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within; into
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micro-
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small
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para-
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near; besides; abnormal; apart from; along the side of
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polio-
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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord).
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poly-
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many; much
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quadri-
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four
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sub-
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under; below
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algesia
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sensitivity to pain
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-algia
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pain
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-blast
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embryonic; immature cell
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-cele
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hernia
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-esthesia
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nervous sensation
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-gram
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record
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ine
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pertaining to
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-itis
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inflammation
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-kinesia, -kinesis
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movement
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-kinetic
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of or relating to the motion of material bodies
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-oma
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tumor; mass; fluid collection
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-ose
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full of; pertaining to; sugar
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-paresis
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weakness
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-pathy
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disease; emotion
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-phagia
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eating; swallowing
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-phasia
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speech
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-plegia
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paralysis; palsy
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-praxia
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action
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-ptosis
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droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-sthenia
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strength
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-trophy
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nourishment; development (condition of)
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