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MedTerm U2 WordParts
Skeletal System Word Parts, Medical Terminology, 9th Grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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