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Clott_Vocab
Med Term_Ch3 Skeletal
Term | Definition |
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Ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Chondr/o | Cratilage |
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, separation, 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, vertebal colum, back bone |
-um | singular noun ending |