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Intro/Skeletol
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -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 |