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Oct 21 medterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked; bent; stiff; fused together |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus; heel bone |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle; collarbones |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| dactyl/o | digits (fingers or toes) |
| dextr/o | to the right |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula; lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus; upper arm bone |
| hy/o | hyoid bone |
| ili/o | ilium; top of the hip bone |
| kyph/o | humphback |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | lumbar region |
| lux/o | slide |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw bone |
| menisc/o | cartilage in the knee joint |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella; kneecap |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| phalang/o | phalanges; fingers or toes |
| physi/o | nature; function |
| por/o | opening; passageway; porous |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis; pubic region |
| pyret/o | fever |
| rachi/o | spine; vertebra |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| sinistr/o | to the left |
| spondyl/o | vertebra; backbone |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| stern/o | sternum; breast bone |
| styl/o | column; pillar; tube |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia; lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna; lower arm bone |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae; spinal column bones |
| syn- | together; with |
| poly- | many; much |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| ambi- | both sides |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| clast | to break down; destroy |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| malacia | softening |
| -oid | like; resembling |
| penia | deficiency |
| -physis | growth; growth plate |
| -porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |