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Ch 10 - Nervous System
Combining Forms
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Undergraduate 2
10/15/2009
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arthr/o
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articulation
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum (little brain)
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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skull
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encephal/o
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entire brain
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esthesi/o
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sensation
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gangli/o
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ganglion (knot)
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gli/o
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glue
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gnos/o
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knowing
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hypn/o
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sleep
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somn/i
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sleep
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somn/o
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sleep
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kinesi/o
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movement
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lex/o
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word or phrase
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mening/o, meningi/o
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meninges
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myel/o
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spinal cord or bone marrow
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narc/o
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stupor, sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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phas/o
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speech
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phob/o
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exaggerated fear or sensitivity
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phor/o
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carry or bear
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phren/o, psych/o
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mind
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thym/o
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mind
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schiz/o
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split
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somat/o
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body
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spin/o
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spine (thorn)
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spondyl/o, vertebr/o
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vertebra
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stere/o
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three dimensional or solid
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tax/o
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order or coordination
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thalam/o
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thalamus (a room)
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ton/o
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tone or tension
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top/o
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place
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (belly or pouch)
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cata-
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down
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-lepsy
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seizure
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-mania
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condition of abnormal impulse toward
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
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-plegia
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paralysis
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