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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, phase |
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mening/o |
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meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
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meningi/o |
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meninges (membranes covering 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 (usually refers to meninges) |
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ton/o |
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tension |
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ventricul/o |
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ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
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-algesia |
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pain |
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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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-esthesia |
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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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