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Med Term Mod15
Combining Forms & Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/ocalci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebraused to make words about conditions of the structure |
| vertebr/o | vertebraused to describe the structure itself |
| -blast | embryonic/immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| actebul/o | acetabulum |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| carp/o | carpals |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/operone/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| manidbul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| olecran/o | olecranon |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/oarticul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/otedin/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| my/omyos/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rabdomy/o | skeletal muscle connected to bones |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many, much |
Created by:
lfrancois
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