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root, prefix, suffix
words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oste/o | Bone |
| My/o or Muscul/o | Muscle |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Spondyl/o | Spine |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Tend/o or Ten/o or Tendin/o | Tendon |
| Kyphosis/o | Hunchback spinal curve |
| Lordosis | Excessive inward spine curve |
| Scoliosis | Sideways spinal curvature |
| Atrophy | Loss of muscle |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hemat/o | Blood |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Dermat/o | Skin |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Hyper- | Excessive, above normal |
| Hypo- | Below normal, deficient |
| Tachy- | Fast, rapid |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Dys- | Bad, Difficult, painful |
| Poly- | Many |
| Oligo- | Few, scanty |
| Anti- | Against |
| Pre- | Before |
| Post- | After |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -otomy | Cutting into, incision |
| -algia | Pain |
| -megaly | Enlargement |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -scope | Instrument used to examine |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -globin | Protein |
| adlp/o. lip/o, steat/o | Fat |
| cutane/o, dem/o, dermat/o | Skin |
| pil/o, trich/o | Hair |
| hidr/o | Sweat |
| squam/o | Scale |
| onych/o, ungu/o | Nail |
| seb/o, sebace/o | Oil |
| Crpyt/o | Hidden |
| -physis | Growth |
| Kerat/o | Hard, horny |
| xer/o | Dry |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | Black |
| leuk/o, alb/o | White |
| pigment | pigment |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -lysis | loose |
| -ation | Condition |
| -poiessi | Formation |
| hyper | Over |
| -phagia | Eat |
| -rrhea | Discharge |
| Ankylosing spondylitis | ankylos-stiffen ing- causing spondyl-vertebra itis-inflammation |
| Chondro-osteodystrophy | Chondro-cartilage osteo-bone dys-bad trophy-noruishment |
| Cranlosynostosis | cranio-skull syn-together ost-bone osis-condition |
| Osteochondritis | osteo-bone chondr-cartilage itis-inflammation |
| Osteomyelitis | osteo-bone myel-marrow itis-inflammation |
| Osteopathy | osteo-bone pathy-disease |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| rheumat- | rheumatic fever |
| -luxation | dislocation |
| -desis | Binding |
| -clasia | breaking |
| -plasty | reconstruction |
| -tomy | incision |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -rrhaphy | surture |
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