click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
VVan Hook_ vocab
Med Term_ ch 3 # 1-15
Term | Definition |
---|---|
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
kyph/o | bent, hump |
lord/o | curve, swayback bent |
-lysis | breakdown, seperation, setting free, destruction, loosening |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
-poietic | formation of blood cells |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
-um | singular, noun ending |