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Unit #4

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Term
Definition
-graph   instrument for recording  
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cephal/o   head  
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encephal/o   brain  
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-graphy   process of recording "a picture or record"  
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hyper-   over, above, beyond, excessive  
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-ia   pertaining to  
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-ism   state of, condition  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-lepsy   seizure  
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kinesi/o   movement  
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hemi-   half  
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-osis   disease (abnormal condition)  
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macro-   large  
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neur/o   nerves, nervous tissue  
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-otomy   surgical incisiion into  
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-pathy   disease, suffering  
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thromb/o   clot  
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quadr/i   four  
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-us   thing  
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crani/o   skull  
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ag-, al-, an-   toward, increasing  
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anencephaly   absense of the brain and spinal cord  
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encepahalography   study of the brain (radiographic)  
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aphasia   inability to communicate through speech  
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agraphia   the inability to convert one's thoughts into writing  
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agnosia   loss of mental ability to understand loss of sensory stimuli (such as sight, sound speech)  
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dementia   deteriorating memory  
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cephalalgia   headache  
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macrocephalus   abnormally large head  
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hyperesthesia   excessive sensitivity to sensory stimuli (such as pain or tuch)  
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-gnosia   recognize  
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phas/o   speech  
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meninges   three layers of memebranes that surround the brain and spinal cord  
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quadriplegia   paralysis of all four extremities and trunk  
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paresthesia   sensation of numbness  
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paraplegia   paralysis of the lower extremities and trunk  
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aneurysm   dilation of the wall of an artery  
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CVA   cerebrovascular accident  
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-plegia   paralysis, (stroke, palsy)  
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par/a   near, beside  
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narc/o   numbness  
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-esthesia   sensation, feeling  
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TIA   transient ischemic attack  
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CNS   central nervous system  
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CSF   cerebrospinal fluid  
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thrombosis   blood clot  
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syncope   fainting  
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deficit   a deficiency  
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embol/o   debris (something inserted or thrown in)  
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hemiplegia   paralysis of one side of the body  
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narcolepsy   sudden, daytime sleep  
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neuropathy   disease of the nervous systeme  
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encephalitis   inflammmation of the brain or spinal cord  
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craniotomy   surgical incision into the cranium or skull  
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bradykinesia   abnormally slow movement  
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dysphasia   difficult speech  
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embolism   a moving clot (abnormal condition in which a blood clot becomes lodged in a blood vessel)  
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a-   away from negative, without  
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dys-   pain  
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brady-   slow  
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-algia   pain  
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an-   without, no, not  
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