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Q7
Intro to Human Disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cephal/o | brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| Encephala/o | brain |
| gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| Meningi/o, meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord) |
| spin/o | spine |
| -gen, -genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stenosis | narrowing stricture |
| -tropia | turning |
| A- | without, not |
| ana- | against; up; back |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| Hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| Hypo- | under; below; deficient |
| para- | near; beside; beyond |