Match the word elements with their meanings.
-gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
A) blast/o
B) cephal/o
C) cerebr/o
D) crani/o
E) encephal/o
F) gli/o
G) gluc/o
H) isch/o
I) mening/o
J) my/o
K) myel/o
L) neur/o
M) poli/o
N) scler/o
O) spin/o
P) thalam/o
Q) -lepsy
R) -phasia
S) para-
T) quadri-

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KM) poli/o refers to gray or gray matter, often associated with the poliovirus which affects the gray matter of the spinal cord. K) myel/o refers to the spinal cord or bone marrow, but in the context of gray matter, it relates to the spinal cord aspect.

Match the Word Elements with Their Meanings