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Exam 13 - Word Parts
word parts for exam 13
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
04/09/2015
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum, brain (pertaining to)
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dur/o
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hard (dura mater)
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encephal/o
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brain
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gangli/o (gangliitis)
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ganglion
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gli/o
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glia, gluey substance
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mening/o, meningi/o (meningioma only)
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meninges
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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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radic/o (radicotomy)
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nerve root
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ganglion/o (ganglionectomy)
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ganglion
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radicul/o (radiculitis, radiculopathy)
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nerve root
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rhiz/o (rhizotomy, rhizomeningomyelitis)
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nerve root
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esthesi/o
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sensation, sensitivity, feeling
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ment/o (mental only)
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mind
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psych/o
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mind
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mon/o
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one, single
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phas/o
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speech
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poli/o
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gray matter
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quadr/i
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four
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-iatrist (psychiatrist)
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specialist, physician
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-iatry (psychiatry)
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treatment, specialty
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-ictal (pre-, inter-, postictal)
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seizure, attack
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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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