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Medical Terminology Chap 13
Medical Terminology Chapter 13 The Nervous System, Mental Health, and Special Senses
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Undergraduate 1
07/27/2010
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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cephal/o
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head
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cerebell/o
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little brain
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
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brain
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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crani/o
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skull, cranium
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dacry/o
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tear
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gangli/o
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swelling, knot
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ir/o
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iris
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mening/i, mening/o
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membrane
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myel/o
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spinal cord
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neur/o
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nerve
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ocul/o, opt/o, ophthalm/o
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eye
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ot/o
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ear
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phren/o, psych/o
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mind
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radic/o, radicul/o
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nerve root
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retin/o
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retina
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rhin/o
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nose
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scler/o
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thick or hard; sclera
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vag/o
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vagus
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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esthesi/o
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sensation
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phasi/o
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to speak
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par-, para-
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alongside or abnormal
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-algesia
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pain
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-asthenia
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weakness
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ather/o
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fatty substance or plaque
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aut/o
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self
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embol/o
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a plug
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gli/o
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glue
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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later/o
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side
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narc/o
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numbness
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poli/o
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gray
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thromb/o
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clot
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angi/o
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vessel
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dur/o
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hard
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ech/o
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bounce back
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electr/o
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electricity
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psych/o
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mind
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radic/o, rhiz/o
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nerve root
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phren/o
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mind
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schiz/o
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to divide or split
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somat/o
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body
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-lexia
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pertaining to a word or phrase
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-mania
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madness or frenzy
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cyst/o
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bladder or sac
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kerat/o
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hard, cornea
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rad/i
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spoke of a wheel
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extern/o
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exterior
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mast/o
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breast, mastoid
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med/o
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middle
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ot/o
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ear
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