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cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- cerebr/o/tomy - incision of the cerebrum
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crani/o
- cranium (skull)
- crani/o/malacia - softening of the cranium
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dendr/o
- tree
- dendr/oid - resembling a (branching) tree
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encephal/o
- brain
- encephal/o/cele - herniation of the brain
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gangli/o
- ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)
- gangli/ectomy - excision of a ganglion
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gli/o
- glue; neuroglial tissue
- gli/oma - tumor (composed of) neuroglial tissue
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kinesi/o
- movement
- brady/kines/ia - condition of slow movement
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lept/o
- thin, slender
- lept/o/mening/o/pathy - disease of the meninges
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lex/o
- word, phrase
- dys/lex/ia - difficulty using words
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mening/o
- meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
- mening/o/cele - herniation of the meninges
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meningi/o
- meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord)
- meningi/oma - tumor in the meninges
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myel/o
- bone marrow; spinal cord
- poli/o/myel/itis - inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord
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narc/o
- stupor; numbness; sleep
- narc/o/tic - relating to sleep
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neur/o
- nerve
- neur/o/lysis - destruction of a nerve
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radicul/o
- nerve root
- radicul/algia - pain in the nerve root
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sthen/o
- strength
- hyper/sthen/ia - condition of excessive strength
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thalam/o
- thalamus
- thalam/o/tomy - incision of the thalamus
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thec/o
- sheath (usually refers to meninges)
- intra/thec/al - pertaining to the space within a sheath
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ton/o
- tension
- dys/ton/ia - bad or poor (muscle) tone
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ventricul/o
- ventricle (of heart or brain)
- ventricul/o/metry - measurement of ventricle (pressure)
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-algesia
- pain
- an/algesia - absence of (a normal sense of) pain
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-algia
- pain
- syn/algia - joined (referred) pain
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-asthenia
- weakness, debility
- my/asthenia - muscle weakness
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-esthesia
- feeling
- hyper/esthesia - increased feeling
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-kinesia
- movement
- hyper/kinesia - excessive movement; also called hyperactivity
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-lepsy
- seizure
- narc/o/lepsy - seizure of sleep
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-paresis
- partial paralysis
- hemi/paresis - paralysis of one-half (of the body); also called hemiplegia
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-phasia
- speech
- a/phasia - without speech
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-plegia
- paralysis
- quadri/plegia - paralysis of four (extremities)
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-taxia
- order, coordination
- a/taxia - without coordination
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pachy-
- thick
- pachy/mening/itis - inflammation of the dura mater
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para-
- near, beside; beyond
- para/plegia - paralysis of lower body and limbs
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syn-
- union, together, joined
- syn/algia - referred pain
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uni-
- one
- uni/later/al - pertaining to one side
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