Chabner, The Language of Medicine 8th edition chapter 15 combining forms
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calc/o , calci/o | calcium
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kyph/o | humpback, hunch back (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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lamin/o | lamina ( part of the vertebral arch)
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lord/o | curve, swayback ( anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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lumb/o | loins, lower back
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myel/o | bone marrow
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orth/o | straight
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oste/o | bone
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scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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spondyl/o | vertebra (used to make words about conditions of the structure)
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vertebr/o | vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)
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-blast | embryonic or immature cell
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-clast | to break
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-listhesis | slipping
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-malacia | softening
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-physis | to grow
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-porosis | pore, passage
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-tome | instrument to cut
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acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket)
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calcane/o | calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o | carpals (wrist bones)
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clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
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crani/o | cranium (skull)
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femor/o | femur ( thigh bone)
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fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
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humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o | ilium ( upper part of pelvic bone)
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ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
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malleol/o | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
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mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone)
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fibr/o | fiber
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lei/o | smooth
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leiomyom/o | smooth muscle
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rhabd/o | striated
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rhabdmy/o | striated muscle
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ton/o | tone or tension
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myocardi/o | heart muscle
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synovi/o | synovium, tendon sheath
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burs/o | bursa; fluid filled sac
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tens/o | stretch, tension
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maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone)
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metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones)
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olecran/o | olecranon (elbow)
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patell/o | patella (knee cap)
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pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone)
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perone/o | fibula (thin lower leg bone)
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phalang/o | phalanges (finger and toes)
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pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
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radi/o | radius (lower arm bone-thumb side)
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scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o | sternum (breast bone)
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tars/o | tarsals (bones of hind foot)
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tibi/o | tibia (shin bone-"t" for thicker bone)
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uln/o | ulna ( lower arm bone-little finger side)
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ankyl/o | stiff
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arthr/o | joint
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articul/o | joint
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burs/o | bursa; fluid filled sac
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chondr/o | cartilage
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fasci/o | fascia ( forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
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my/o | muscle
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myocardi/o | heart muscle
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myos/o | muscle
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plant/o | sole of the foot
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rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated muscle connected to bones)
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-anthenia | lack of strength
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-trophy | development, nourishment
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ab- | away from
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ad- | toward
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dorsi- | back
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poly- | many, much
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