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MedTerm U2 WordParts
Skeletal System Word Parts, Medical Terminology, 9th Grade
Term | Definition |
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lord/o | curve; swayback |
kyph/o | humpback |
scoli/o | crooked;bent |
tars/o | ankle the tarsus, and the bones that it consists of |
carp/o | wrist |
pyret/o | fever |
oste/o | bone |
orth/o | straight |
acr/o | extremities |
ankyl/o | crooked; fused together; bent; stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
chondr/o | cartilage |
crani/o | skull |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
cost/o | rib |
ten/o | tendon |
tars/o | ankle |
lux/o | to slide |
chir/o | hand |
rachi/o | spinal; vertebrae |
non- | not |
a-, an- | not; without |
anti- | against |
inter- | between |
meta- | change; beyond |
peri- | around |
sub- | below |
supra- | above |
syn- | together; with |
hyper | above; above normal |
hypo | below; below normal; deficient |
-action | process; condition |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-desis | to bind; tie together |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | like; resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-penia | deficiency |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |
-scope | instrument used to view |
-scopy | visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-spondyl | backbone |