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Word building
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/osis | Build a medical word that means abnormal condition of stiffness |
| arthr/itis | Build a medical word that means inflammation of a joint |
| kyph/osis | Build a medical word that means abnormal condition of humpback |
| lamin/ectomy | Build a medical word that means removal of the lamina |
| lord/osis | Build a medical word that means abnormal condition of swayback |
| myel/o/cyte | Build a medical word that means bone marrow cell |
| ortho/ped/ist | Build a medical word that means specialist in straight foot (specialist in treatment of musculoskeletal disorders) |
| oste/oma | Build a medical word that means bone tumor |
| ped/o/graph | Build a medical word that means instrument for recording the foot |
| ped/i/cure | Build a medical word that means care of feet |
| scoli/osis | Build a medical word that means abnormal condiiton of crooked, bent |
| thorac/o/dynia | Build a medical word that means pain in the chest |
| acromi/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the acromion |
| brachi/algia | Build a medical word that means pain in the arm |
| calcane/o/dynia | Build a medical word that means pain in the heel |
| carp/o/ptosis | Build a medical word that means downward displacement of the wrist |
| cephal/ad | Build a medical word that means toward the head |
| cervic/o/dynia | Build a medical word that means pain in the neck |
| clavicul/ar | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the clavicle |
| cost/ectomy | Build a medical word that means excision of a rib |
| crani/o/tomy | Build a medical word that means incision of the skull |
| dactyl/itis | Build a medical word that means inflammation of fingers or toes |
| femor/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the femur |
| fibul/o/calcane/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the fibula and calcaneum |
| humer/o/scapul/ar | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the humerus and scapula |
| ili/o/pelv/ic | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the ilium and the pelvis |
| ischi/o/dynia | Build a medical word that means pain in the ischium |
| lumb/o/dynia | Build a medical word that means pain in the loins (lower back) |
| metacarp/ectomy | Build a medical word that means excision of the metacarpus |
| patell/ectomy | Build a medical word that means removal of the kneecap |
| pelv/i/metry | Build a medical word that means act of measuring the pelvis |
| pelv/ic | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the pelvis |
| phalang/ectomy | Build a medical word that means excision of phalanges |
| pod/iatry | Build a medical word that means treatment of the feet |
| pub/o/coccyg/eal | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the pubis and coccyx |
| radi/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the radius |
| spondyl/itis | Build a medical word that means inflammation of the vertebrae |
| inter/vertebr/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to between the vertebrae |
| stern/ad | Build a medical word that means toward the sternum |
| tibi/o/femor/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to the tibia and femur |
| leiomy/oma | Build a medical word that means tumor of smooth muscle |
| muscul/ar | Build a medical word that means pertaining to muscle |
| my/oma | Build a medical word that means tumor of muscle |
| rhabd/oid | Build a medical word that means resembling muscle |
| rhabdomy/oma | Build a medical word that means tumor of striated muscle |
| chondr/itis | Build a medical word that means inflammation of cartilage |
| fasci/o/plasty | Build a medical word that means surgical repair of fascia |
| fibr/oma | Build a medical word that means tumor of fibrous tissue |
| synov/ectomy | Build a medical word that means removal of synovial membrane |
| ten/o/desis | Build a medical word that means surgical binding or fixation of a tendon |
| tend/o/plasty | Build a medical word that means surgical repair of a tendon |
| tendin/itis | Build a medical word that means inflammation of a tendon |
| my/asthenia | Build a medical word that means weakness of a muscle |
| my/o/blast | Build a medical word that means embryonic muscle cell |
| oste/o/clasia | Build a medical word that means surgical fracture of a bone |
| oste/o/clast | Build a medical word that means to break bone |
| arthr/o/desis | Build a medical word that means binding of a joint |
| chondr/o/malacia | Build a medical word that means softening of cartilage |
| epi/physis | growth upon (the end of a long bone) |
| oste/o/porosis | Build a medical word that means porous bone |
| arthr/o/scopy | Build a medical word that means visual examination of a joint |
| a/trophy | Build a medical word that means without nourishment |
| dys/trophy | Build a medical word that means bad development |
| sub/patell/ar | Build a medical word that means pertaining to below the patella |
| supra/cost/al | Build a medical word that means pertaining to above the ribs |
| syn/dactyl/ism | Build a medical word that means condition of joined fingers or toes |