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Intro/Skeletol
Term | Definition |
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-algia | Pain |
dys- | Difficult, adnormal |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
hyper- | Above normal, excessive |
hypo- | Below normal, underneath, inferior |
-itis | Inflammation |
-osis | Condition |
-ostomy | Formation of a new opening |
-otomy | Incision |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rrhage | Heavy discharge |
-rrhaphy | Suturing |
-rrhea | discharge, flowing |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
ankyl/o | Crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | Joint |
chondr/I, chondr/o | Cartilage |
cost/o | Rib |
crani/o | Skull |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
kyph/o | bent, hump |
lord/o | curve, swayback, bent |
-lysis | loosening or setting free |
myel/o | Spinal cord , bone marrow |
oss/e, oss/I, ost/o, oste/o | Bone |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
spondyl/o | Vertebrae, vertebral column backbone |
synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
-um | singular noun ending |
bi- | two |
-cele | hernia, abnormal, protrusion |
dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult |
fasci/o | fabrous- band, fasia |
fibr/o | fiber |
-ia | disease or abnormal state, condition of |
-ic | pertaining to |
kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
my/o | muscle |
-plegia | paralysis |
tax/o | order |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
ton/o | tension |
tri | three |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | of or relating to the fat or fatty tissue |
anter/o | before |
caud/o | tail, lower part of body |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
end-, endo- | within |
exo- | out, outside of, forward |
histo/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | process of study |
path/o, -pathy | disease |
plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | growth |
poster/o | back, behind |
-stasis, -static | stop, stand |