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Harrison Med Term
Chapter 14
Term | Definition |
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-schisis | split, fissure |
-desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
-physis | growth |
-clasia, -clasis, -clast | break |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, pelvic bone |
myel/o | bone marrow |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
ischi/o | ischium |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
ili/o | ilium |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone) |
pub/o | pubis |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
sacr/o | sacrum |
rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toe bones) |
disk/o | intervertebral disk |
burs/o | bursa (cavity) |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
tibi/o | tibia (lower leg bone) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
arthr/o | joint |
uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
lord/o | bent forward |
kyph/o | hump |
ankyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
synovi/o | synovia, synovial membrane |
lamin/o | lamina (thin, flat plate or layer) |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
menisc/o | meniscuc (crescent) |
-asthenia | weakness |
supra- | above |
scoli/o | crooked, curved |
oste/o | bone |
sym-, syn- | together, joined |
inter- | between |
petr/o | stone |
my/o, myos/o | muscle |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
femor/o | femur (upper leg bone) |
cost/o | rib |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
clavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |