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Med 108 lesson 4 Andrea M week 1
week 1 cardiovascular and nervous system
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Undergraduate 1
05/21/2026
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brady-
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meaning slow
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endo-
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meaning inside, or within
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epi-
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meaning upon, over, or on top
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hyper-
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excessive or above normal
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hypo-
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under or below
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peri-
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around
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tacky-
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fast
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a-
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meaning is without
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an-
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meaning is without, not
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dys-
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meaning difficult, painful, abnormal
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hemi-
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meaning half
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hyper-
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meaning excessive or above normal
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in-
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meaning not, inward
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inter-
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meaning between
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intra-
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meaning within, inside
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pan-
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meaning is all, entire
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para-
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meaning beside abnormal
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poly-
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meaning many
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post-
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meaning after
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pre-
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meaning before
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sub-
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meaning under, below
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-algia
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meaning pain
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-cele
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meaning hernia, swelling
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-cyte
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meaning cell
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-ectomy
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meaning surgical removal
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-genic
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meaning producing, originating, or causing
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-gram
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meaning record, image
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-graph
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meaning instrument used to record
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-graphy
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meaning process of recording
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-iatrist
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meaning Specialist in treatment
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-iatry
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meaning meaning field of medicine treatment
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-itis
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meaning inflammation
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-lepsy
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meaning seizure
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-logist
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meaning Specialist in a field of study
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-malacia
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meaning abnormal softening
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-mania
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meaning madness or excessive preoccupation
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-oid
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meaning resembling or like
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-ome
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meaning tumor, swelling
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-pathy
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meaning disease
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-phobia
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meaning fear
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-rrhaphy
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meaning suturing or stitching
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-tomy
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meaning cutting or surgical incision
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-tropic
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meaning having an affinity for, influencing
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alges/o
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meaning sensitivity to pain
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cephal/o
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meaning head
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cerebr/o
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meaning brain, cerebrum
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cerebell/o
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meaning cerebellum (part of the brain)
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concuss/o
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meaning to shake violently
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crani/o
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meaning skull
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dur/o
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meaning dura matter (outermost layer of the meninges)
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encephal/o
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meaning brain
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esthesi/o
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meaning sensation, feeling
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gangli/o, ganglion/o
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meaning ganglion (a cluster of nerve cell bodies)
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hydro/o
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meaning water, fluid
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lob/o
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meaning lobe
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ment/o
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meaning mind, chin
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mening/o, meningi/o
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meaning meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
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mon/o
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meaning one, single
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myel/o
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meaning spinal cord, bone marrow
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nuero/o, nuero/i
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meaning nerve
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phas/o
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meaning speech
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poli/o
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meaning gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)
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pont/o
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meaning pons (a part of the brain stem)
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psych/o
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meaning mind
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radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o
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meaning nerve root
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vag/o
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meaning vagus nerve (a cranial nerve)
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