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quiz 3
medical terminology-chapters 3 & 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OSTE | BONE |
| HEM/O | BLOOD |
| CRANI | SKULL |
| SACR/O | SACRUM |
| ILI | ILEUM |
| OSTE/O | BONE |
| POD | FOOT |
| ANKYL/O | CROOKED, BENT, OR STIFF |
| BURS | BURSA |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| COST/O | RIBS |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| SYNOV | SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE |
| SPONDYL | VERTEBRAE |
| LUMB | LUMBAR |
| SCOLI | CURVED |
| LORD | BENT BACKWARDS |
| KYPH | HUMP |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW |
| LAMIN | LAMINA |
| POR | SMALL OPENING |
| PERI- | SURROUNDING |
| -CLASIS | TO BREAK |
| -POIETIC | PERTAINING TO |
| -AC | PERTAINING TO |
| -PATH | DISEASE |
| -IATIRST | SPECIALIST |
| -OSIS | ABNORMAL CONDITION OR DISEASE |
| -SCLEROSIS | ABNORMAL HARDENING |
| -MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| -OMA | TUMOR |
| -ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| -AGO | DISEASE CONDITION |
| -LISTHESIS | SLIPPING |
| -STENOSIS | ABNORMAL NARROWING |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -PENIA | DEFICIENCY |
| -NECROSIS | TISSUE DEATH |
| -SCOPY | VISUAL EXAMINATION |
| -ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -DESIS | SURGICAL FIXATION ON A BONE |
| -LYSIS | LOOSENING OR SETTING FREE |
| -RRAPHY | SURGICAL SUTERING |
| CUTANE | SKIN |
| ADIPOSE | FAT |
| CUTICLE | LITTLE SKIN |
| DERMAT | SKIN |
| SEB/O | SEBUM |
| HIDR/O | SWEAT |
| PHOR | MOVEMENT |
| FOLLICUL | FOLLICLE |
| ALOPEC | BALDNESS |
| ARIETA | PATCHES |
| KOIL | HOLLOW OR CONCAVE |
| ONYCH | FINGERNAIL OR TOE NAIL |
| CRYPT | HIDDEN |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| MELAN | BLACK |
| ECCHYM | POURING OUT OF JUICE |
| CONTUS | BRUISE |
| HEMAT | BLOOD |
| ANGI/O | BLOOD OR LYMPH VESSELS |
| ERYTHEM | FLUSHED |
| ITCHTHY | DRY OR SCALY |
| SCHER/O | HARD |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| XER/O | DRY |
| CYTES- | CELLS |
| -IA | CONDITION |
| -PHAGIA | EATING OR SWALLOWING |
| -ISM | CONDITION |
| -PHYMA | GROWTH |
| -ARIA | CONNECTED WITH |
| KERAT/O | HARDENING |
| SQUAMOS | FLAT |
| KEL | GROWTH |
| PEDICUL | LICE |
| PY/O | PUS |
| PAPILL | NIPPLE |
| BI/O | PERTAINING TO LIFE |
| CRY/O | COLD |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYE LID |
| DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| ELECTR/O | ELECTRIC |
| RHYTID | WRINKLE |
| -OPTSY | VIEW OF |
| -lysis | destruction |