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Medical Terminology
05 Nervous System Terms
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Undergraduate 1
11/17/2009
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Cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
Encephal/o
 Definition
Inside the head (brain)
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Mening/o
 Definition
Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord
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Myel/o
 Definition
Spinal Cord
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Neur/o
 Definition
Nerve
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Dys
 Definition
Difficult, painful, abnormal
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-cele
 Definition
Hernia, abnormal protrusion of structure out of normal anatomical position
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-pathy
 Definition
Disease, abnormality
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-plasia
 Definition
Development, formation, growth
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-plegia
 Definition
Paralysis
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