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Chapter 4
combining form or suffix
Term | Definition |
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arth/o | joint |
carp/o | wrist |
cost/o | rib |
lord/o | bent backward |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
medull/o | inner portion |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
lumb/o | low back, loin |
thorac/o | chest |
spondyl/o | vertebrae |
fasci/o | fibers |
myos/o | muscle |
plant/o | sole of foot |
tend/o | tendon |
kinesi/o | movement |
fibr/o | fibers |
my/o | muscle |
synovi/o | synovial membrane |
orth/o | straight |
circum | around |
tonia | tone |
asthenia | weakness |
-desi | stabalize, fuse |
-clasi | to surgically break |
-listhesi | slipping |