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Ch5 Contructed Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthr/algia | pain in a joint |
| a/trophy | without development |
| brady/kinesi/a | slow movement |
| dys/kinesi/a | difficult movement |
| ten/o/dynia | tendon pain |
| ankyl/osis | abnormal condition of fused |
| carp/o/ptosis | drooping wrist |
| chondr/o/malacia | softening of cartilage |
| crani/o/schisis | fissure of skull |
| kyph/osis | abnormal condition of a hump |
| lord/osis | abnormal condition of bent forward |
| syn/drome | running together |
| my/asthenia | muscle weakness |
| oste/o/arthr/itis | inflammation of bone and joint |
| oste/o/genesis | pertaining to producing bone |
| oste/o/myel/itis | inflammation of bone marrow and bone |
| oste/o/necr/osis | abnormal condition of death of bone |
| quadri/plegia | paralysis of four (appendages) |
| scoli/osis | abnormal condition of lateral curvature of the spine |
| spondyl/arthr/itis | inflammation of vertebral joints |
| arthr/o/centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from a joint |
| arth/o/clasia | breaking apart a joint |
| arth/o/desis | surgical fixation of a joint |
| arthr/o/gram | (radiographic) recording a joint |
| arthr/o/scopy | process of viewing (visual exam) of a joint |
| burs/o/tomy | surgical incision into a bursa |
| electr/o/my/o/graphy | process of recording muscles using electricity (EMG) |
| my/o/plasty | surgical repair of a muscle |
| rachi/o/tomy | incision into the spine, vertebral column |
| spondyl/o/syndesis | surgical fixation of vertebra |