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Skeletal suffixes
| 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, lossening |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
| -poietic | |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| spondyl/o | verterbrae, vertebral, column, backbone |
| -um | singular noun ending |