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Psychology
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11/04/2014
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Term
a
 Definition
without, absence of
Term
ab
 Definition
from, away from
Term
ad
 Definition
to, toward
Term
-algia
 Definition
pain
Term
ambul
 Definition
walking
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, lack of strength
Term
blephar/o
 Definition
eyelids
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
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-cardia/o
 Definition
heart
Term
-duction
 Definition
movement
Term
dys
 Definition
bad, painful, difficult
Term
electro
 Definition
electricity
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end/o
 Definition
within, inside
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epi
 Definition
on, upon
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fasci/o
 Definition
fascia, fibrous bands
Term
fibro
 Definition
fiber
Term
-gram
 Definition
recorded picture
Term
hemi
 Definition
half
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hyper
 Definition
above
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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itis
 Definition
inflammation of
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-ium
 Definition
pertianing to
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kinesi/o

-kinesia

 Definition
movement
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lei/o
 Definition
smooth
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metr/i
 Definition
uterine tissue
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
-ology
 Definition
study of
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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para
 Definition
beyond (when used with plegia refers to two limbs)
Term
-phagia
 Definition
eating, swallowing
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-phasia
 Definition
speaking
Term
-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
Term
sarc
 Definition
flesh, muscle
Term
tachy
 Definition
rapid, swift
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tetan
 Definition
stiff
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ambulate
 Definition
to walk
Term
aphasia
 Definition
without speech
Term
atrophy
 Definition
without development
Term
blepharospasm
 Definition

involuntary contraction of the eyelid

 
Term
bradycardia
 Definition
slow heart
Term
bradykinesia
 Definition
slow movement
Term
dysphagia
 Definition
difficulty swallowing or eating
Term
dysphasia
 Definition
difficulty speaking or talking
Term
dystrophy
 Definition
bad development
Term
eectromyogram
 Definition
recording of the electrical activity of the muscles
Term
endomysium
 Definition
pertaining to within the muscles
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fascia
 Definition
fibrous bands
Term
fibromyalgia
 Definition
pain in the muscle fibers
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hemiplegia
 Definition
half paralyzed
Term
leiomyoma
 Definition
tumors of the smoth muscle
Term
myometrium
 Definition
musclar uterine tissue
Term
perimysium
 Definition
pertaining to around the muscles
Term
phrenic
 Definition
pertaining to the diaphragm
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quadriplegia
 Definition
paralysis of four
Term
sarcolemma
 Definition
muscle (flesh) membrane
Term
tachycardia
 Definition
rapid heart
Term
tendinitis
 Definition
inflammation of the tendon
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tenntanus
 Definition
condition of stiffness
Term
K
 Definition
potassium
Term
Na
 Definition
sodium
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