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Chapter 2
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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acr/o | extremities |
ankyl/o | crooked; bent; stiff; fused together |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) |
carp/o | wrist |
cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
chir/o | hand |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
kyph/o | humpback |
lord/o | curve; swayback |
lumb/ o | lumbar region; loin |
lux/o | slide |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
ped/o | foot; child |
pod/o | foot |
pyret/ o | fever |
rachi/o | spine; vertebra |
rheumat/o | watery flow |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
scoli/o | crooked; bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra; backbone |
ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
tars/ o | ankle |
ten/o, tendin/ o, tendon/ o | tendon |
-ation | process; condition |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-desis | to bind; tie together |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | like; resembling |
-oma | tumor; mass |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-al, -ic | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
a-, an- | not; without |
anti- | against |
inter. | between |
intra- | within; into |
meta- | change;beyond |
non- | not |
peri- | around, surrounding |
sub- | below, under |
supra- | above |
syn- | together, with |