The Language of Medicine: Chabner AUS/NZ Chapter 14
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65 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 Calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, sway back |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| osse/o | bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vetebr/o | vetebra |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| carp/o | carpals |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | illium |
| isch/o | ischium |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| madibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pbis |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovia |
| ten/o | tendin |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -desis | bind or tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| leiomy/o | visceral, smooth muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rhabdomy/o | striated, skeletal muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many,much |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
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