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Bldg Skeletal Terms
ICEV Building Skeletal Term Morphemes
Term | Definition |
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acr/o | extremity |
ankyl/o | Crooked, stiffness |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | pouch, sac |
carp/o | wrist |
chri/o | hand |
chondr/o | cartilage |
calcan/e | heel bone |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull, head |
coccyg/o/e | coccyx, tailbone |
dactyl/o | finger or toe |
femor/o | femur, thigh bone |
fibul/o | fibula, one of the lower leg bones |
fixat/o | fastened |
humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
kyph/o | hump |
lord/o | bending, loin |
lumb/o | lower back, loin |
myel/o | bone marrow |
oste/o | bone |
ped/o | foot |
rad/i | radius |
radi/o | x-ray |
rheumat/o | discharge |
scoli/o | curvature |
spondyl/o | vertebrae |
tract/o | to draw |
ankylosis | ankyl - stiffening osis - abnormal condition |
carpal | carp - wrist al - pertaining to |
coccyxodynia | coccyx - tailbone dynia - pain |
craniotomy | crani- skull otomy - surgical incision |
dactylogram | dactyl - finger (or toe) gram - print |