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| 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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| contus/o | to bruise
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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 ; estesi/o | nervous sensation
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| gli/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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| lamin/o | lamina (thin plate or layer; arch)
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| lex/o | word
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| medull/o | medulla oblongata
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| mening/o ; meningi/o | meninges
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| neur/o | nerves
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| phas/o | speech
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| phob/o | fear
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| phren/o | mind
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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 ; synapt/o | point of contact; to join
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| syncop/o | to cut off; to cut; 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 (meninges)
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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; with
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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- | below; 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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| -lepsy | 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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| -osis | abnormal condition
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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; thing; tissue
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| EDH | epidural hematoma
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| PD | parkinson's disease; panic disorder
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| EEG | electroencephalogram diagnostic
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| PE | physical examination
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| END | electroneurodiagnostic
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| PET | positron emission tomography
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| FH | family history
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| PMH | past medical history
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| GAD | generalized anxiety disorder
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| PNS | peripheral nervous system
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| GB | guillain-barre
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| PTSD | post traumatic stress disorder
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| HA | headache
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| R | right; respiration
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| HEENT | head, eye, ear, nose, throat
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| RLE | right lower extremity
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| H&P | history and physical
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| R/O | rule out
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| HPI | history of present illness
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| ROS | review of systems
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| ICP | intracranial pressure
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| s | without
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| ID, IDD | intellectual disability; intellectual development disorder
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| SAD | seasonal affective disorder
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| LP | lumbar puncture
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| SH | social history
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| NCV | nerve conduction velocity
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| SNS | somatic nervous system
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| OCD | obsessive compulsive disorder
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| T | temperature
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| OH | occupational history
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| TBI | traumatic brain injury
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| OP | outpatient
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| TIA | transient ischemic disease
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| P | pulse
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| WNL | within normal limits
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| SDH | subdural hematoma
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| SCI | spinal cord injury
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| MG | myasthenia
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