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Part 2
key words
Question | Answer |
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aden/o | Gland |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | before, front |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
exo- | out of, outside, away from |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | the science or study |
path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation |
poster/o | behind, toward the back |
-stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
spondyl/o | vertebral column, backbone |
synovi/o, synou/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
-um | singular noun ending |
-lysis | loosing or setting free |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
ossle, ossli, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/I, chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
-desis | to bind , tie toghether |
kyph/o | bent, hump |
lord/o | curve, swayback bent |
bi- | twice, double, two |
-cele | hernia, tumor, swelling |
dys- | bad, difficult, or paintful |
fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
fibr/o | fibrous tissues, fiber |
-ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
-ic | pertaining to |
kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
my/o | muscle |
-plegia | paralysis, stroke |
-rrhexis | rupture |
tax/o | coordination, order |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend strain |
ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
tri- | three |