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Chapter 14-Combining Forms
Medical Office
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Health Care
12th Grade
03/08/2012
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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dendr/o
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tree
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encephal/o
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brain
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gangli/o
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ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
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gli/o
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glue; neurological tissue
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kinesi/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
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meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
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myel/o
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bone marrow; spinal cord
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narc/o
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stupor; numbness; sleep
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neur/o
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nerve
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radicul/o
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nerve root
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sthen/o
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strength
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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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ton/o
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tension
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of heart or brain)
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algia
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pain
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asthenia
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weakness, debility
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estesia
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feeling
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kinesia
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movement
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lepsy
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seizure
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paresis
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partial paralysis
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phasia
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speech
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plegia
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paralysis
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taxia
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order, coordination
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pachy
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thick
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para
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near, beside; beyond
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syn
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union, together, joined
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uni
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one
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