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  1. caus/o
    burning
  2. cerebell/o
    cerebellum
  3. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  4. comat/o
    deep sleep
  5. encephal/o
    brain
  6. esthesi/o
    feeling or nervous sensation
  7. hypn/o and
    somn/o
    sleep
  8. kines/o and
    kinesi/o
    movement
  9. lex/o
    word or phrase
  10. menig/o and
    meningi/o
    membranes or meninges
  11. myel/o
    spinal cord or bone marrow
  12. neur/o
    nerve
  13. syncop/o
    to cut off or cut short
  14. thec/o
    sheath (referrring to the meninges)
  15. vag/o
    vagus nerve
  16. arter/o or
    arteri/o
    artery
  17. phleb/o or
    ven/o or
    ven/i
    vein
  18. arther/o
    yellowish plaque or fatty substance
  19. atri/o
    atrium
  20. brachi/o
    arm
  21. cardi/o or
    coron/o
    heart
  22. cholesterol/o
    cholesterol
  23. cyan/o
    blue
  24. myx/o
    mucus
  25. ox/o
    oxygen
  26. pericardi/o
    pericardium
  27. rrhythm/o
    rhythm
  28. sphygm/o
    pulse
  29. steth/o
    chest
  30. thromb/o
    clot
  31. valvul/o or
    valv/o
    valve
  32. vas/o or
    vascul/o or
    angi/o
    vessel
  33. ventricul/o
    ventricle
  34. adenoid/o
    adenoids
  35. atel/o
    incomplete
  36. alveoli/o
    alveolus or air sac
  37. bronch/o or
    bronchi/o
    bronchial tube
  38. epiglott/o
    epiglottis
  39. laryng/o
    larynx
  40. lob/o
    lobe of the lung
  41. mediastin/o
    mediastinum
  42. nas/o
    nose
  43. ortho/o
    straight or upright
  44. pector/o or
    thorac/o
    chest
  45. pharyng/o
    pharynx or throat
  46. phon/o
    voice
  47. phren/o
    diaphragm
  48. pneum/o or
    pneumon/o or
    pulmon/o
    lung
  49. rhin/o
    nose
  50. sinus/o
    sinus cavity
  51. spir/o
    breathing
  52. tel/o
    complete
  53. tonsil/o
    tonsils
  54. trache/o
    trachea
  55. chrom/o
    color
  56. coagul/o or
    thromb/o
    clotting
  57. cyt/o
    cell
  58. mon/o
    one, single
  59. -algesia
    excessive sensitivity ot pain
  60. -algia
    pain
  61. -esthesia
    feeling or nervous sensation
  62. -kinesia or
    -kinesis or
    -kinetic
    movement
  63. -lepsy
    seizure
  64. -paresis
    weakenss
  65. -phasia
    speech
  66. -plegia
    paralysis
  67. -praxia
    action
  68. -sthenia
    strength
  69. -ole
    small
  70. -ectasis
    expansion
  71. -ema
    condition
  72. -osmia
    smell
  73. -pnea
    breath
  74. -ptysis
    spitting
  75. -sphyxia
    pulse
  76. -thorax
    pleural cavity or chest
  77. -aphersis
    removal
  78. -blast
    immature cell
  79. -cytosis
    abnormal increase in cells
  80. -emia
    blood condition
  81. -globin
    protein
  82. -lytic
    pertaining to destruction
  83. -oid
    derived from
  84. -osis
    abnormal condition
  85. -penia
    deficiency
  86. -phillia
    attraction for
  87. -phoresis
    carrying or transmission
  88. -poiesis
    formation
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Med Terms W5
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PCOM Week 5 Med Terms
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