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Mod F
Unit #1
Term | Definition |
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amph- | both sides |
arth/o | joint |
-blast | immature |
calcane/o | heel bone |
-centesis | surgical punture to remove fluid |
-cyte | cell |
dia- | through |
-dynia | pain |
hemat/o | blood |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
myel/o | bone marrow |
-osis | disease |
oste/o | bone |
peri- | around |
-poiesis | formation or production of |
-porosis | penettration by open spaces |
syn- | union, assosciation |
um- | thing |
amphiarthrosis | joint with slight movement |
arthrocentesis | surgical punture to remove fluid |
calcaneodynia | painful condition of the heel |
diarthrosis | freeely moveable joint |
hematopoiesis | normal formation of blood cells |
orthopedics | sutdy of disorders of bones & joints |
osteoblast | immature cell |
osteoclasis | intentional surgical fracture of a bone |
osteomalacia | softening of the bone |
osteomyelitis | local infection of the bone |
osteoporosis | loss of bone density |
periosteum | fibrous vascular membranes covering bones |
synarthrosis | immovable joint |
-clasis | crushing |