 | Term | Definition |
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-algia |
pain |
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-asthenia |
lack of strength |
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-blast |
embryonic or immature cell |
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-clast |
to break |
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-desis |
to bind, tie together |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-listhesis |
slipping |
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-malacia |
softening |
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-penia |
deficiency |
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-physis |
to grow |
| |
-plasty |
surgical repair |
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-porosis |
pore, passage |
| |
-stenosis |
narrowing |
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-tome |
instrument to cut |
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-trophy |
development, nourishment |
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a-, an- |
no, not, without |
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ab- |
away from |
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acetabul/o |
acetabulum (hip socket) |
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ad- |
toward |
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ankyl/o |
stiff |
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arthr/o |
joint |
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articul/o |
joint |
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burs/o |
bursa |
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calc/o |
calcium |
| |
calcane/o |
calcaneus (heal) |
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calci/o |
calcium |
| |
carp/o |
carpals (wrist bones) |
| |
cervic/o |
neck, cervix (neck of uterus) |
| |
chondr/o |
cartilage |
| |
clavicul/o |
clavicle (collar bone) |
| |
cost/o |
ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
| |
crani/o |
cranium (skull) |
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dia- |
complete, through |
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dorsi- |
back |
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epi- |
above, upon, on |
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exo- |
out, away from |
| |
fasci/o |
fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
| |
femor/o |
femur (thigh) |
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fibr/o |
fibrous connective tissue |
| |
fibul/o |
fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| |
humer/o |
humerus (upper arm bone) |
| |
hyper- |
above, excess |
| |
ili/o |
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| |
ischi/o |
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| |
kyph/o |
humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
| |
lamin/o |
lamina (part of the vertabral arch) |
| |
leiomy/o |
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| |
ligament/o |
ligament |
| |
lord/o |
curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
| |
lumb/o |
loins, lower back |
| |
malleol/o |
malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
| |
mandibul/o |
mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| |
maxill/o |
maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| |
meta- |
change, beyond |
| |
metacarp/o |
matacarpals (hand bones) |
| |
metatars/o |
metatarsals (foot bones) |
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my/o |
muscle |
| |
myel/o |
bone marrow |
| |
myocardi/o |
heart muscle |
| |
myos/o |
muscle |
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olecran/o |
olecranon (elbow) |
| |
orth/o |
straight |
| |
oste/o |
bone |
| |
patell/o |
patella (kneecap) |
| |
ped/o |
child (foot) |
| |
pelv/i |
pelvis (hipbone) |
| |
peri- |
surrounding |
| |
perone/o |
fibula |
| |
phalang/o |
phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
| |
plant/o |
sole of the foot |
| |
poly- |
many, much |
| |
pub/o |
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| |
radi/o |
radius (lower arm bone - thumb side) |
| |
rhabdomy/o |
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| |
rheumat/o |
watery flow |
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sacr/o |
sacrum |
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sarc/o |
flesh (connective tissue) |
| |
scapul/o |
scapula (shoulder blade) |
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scoli/o |
crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
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spondyl/o |
vertebra |
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stern/o |
sternum (breastbone) |
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sub- |
under, below |
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supra- |
above, upper |
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sym- |
together, with |
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synov/o |
synovial membrane |
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tars/o |
tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
| |
ten/o |
tendon |
| |
tendin/o |
tendon |
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thorac/o |
chest |
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tibi/o |
tibia (shin bone) |
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uln/o |
ulna (lower arm bone - little finger side) |
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vertebr/o |
vertebra |
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