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things that has to do with nerves

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Definition
anxi/o   anxious; uneasy  
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cephal/o   head  
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cerebell/o   cerebellum  
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cerebr/o   cerebrum  
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crani/o   skull  
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dur/o   dura mater  
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encephal/o   brain  
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esthes/o: esthesi/o   nervous sensation  
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gil/o   glue  
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hydr/o   water  
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hypn/o   sleep  
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isch/o   back: to hold back  
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lammin/o   lamina( thin plate or layer; arch)  
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medull/o   medulla oblongata  
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mening/o, medningi/o   meninges  
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neur/o   nerve  
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phas/o   speech  
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phob/o   fear  
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pol/o   extreme  
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poli/o   gray matter  
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pont/o   pons  
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psych/o   mind  
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radicul/o   nerve root  
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schiz/o   split  
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somat/o   body  
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synaps/o   point of contact; to join  
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synapt/o   point of contact; to join  
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syncop/o   to cut off; cut short; faint  
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tax/o   coordination; order  
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tempor/o   the temples  
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thalam/o   thalamus  
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thec/o   sheath ( meanings)  
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traumat/o   trauma; injury; wound  
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troph/o   development; nourishment  
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ventricul/o   ventricle  
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bi-   two; both  
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con-   together; both  
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dys-   painful; difficult  
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en-   in;within  
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epi-   on; over; upon  
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hemi-   half  
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intra   within; into  
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mono   one;; single  
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par-,para-   near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal  
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poly-   many; much  
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post-   after; behind  
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quadri-   four  
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sub-   bellow: under  
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- al. -ar, -eal, -ial, -ic, -tic   pertaining to  
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-algesia   pain; sensitivity  
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-algia   pain  
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-asthenia   weakness  
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-cele   hernia; swelling; protrusion  
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-e   ( noun suffix with no meaning)  
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-emic   pertaining to blood condition  
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-esthesia   feeling; sensation  
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- ia   condition  
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-ion   process; state; condition  
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-iepsy   seizure  
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- leptic   to seize; take hold of  
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- lysis   breakdown;separation; loosening  
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- lytic   pertaining to breakdown or destruction  
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-orexia   appetite  
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- paresis   weakness  
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-phasia   speech  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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- rrhagic   pertaining to bursting forth( of blood)  
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-rrhaphy   suture  
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-sclerosis   hardening;; thickening  
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-taxia   muscle coordination  
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- tropic   turning  
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-um, -us   structure; tissue; thing  
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contus/o   to bruise  
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phren/o   mind  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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