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The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition

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calc/o calci/o   calcium  
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kyph/o   humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region0  
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lamin/o   lamina(part of the vertebral arch)  
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lord/o   curve, swayback(anterior curvature in the lumbar region)  
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lumb/o   loins, lower back  
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myel/o   bone marrow  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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scoli/o   crooked, bent (lateral curvature)  
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spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure)   vertebra  
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vertebr/o (used to describe the structure itself)   vertebra  
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-blast   embryonic or immature cell  
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-clast   to break  
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-listhesis   slipping  
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-malacia   softening  
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-physis   to grow  
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-porosis   pore, passage  
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-tome   instrument to cut  
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acetabul/o   acetabulum (hip socket)  
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calcane/o   calcaneus (heel)  
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carp/o   carpals (wrist bone)  
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clavicul/o   clavicle (collar bone)  
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cost/o   ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)  
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crani/o   cranium (skull)  
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femor/o   femur (tight bone)  
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fibul/o   fibula (smaller lower leg bone)  
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humer/o   humerus (upper arm bone)  
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ili/o   ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)  
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ischi/o   ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)  
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malleol/o   malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)  
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mandibul/o   mandible (lower jawbone)  
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maxill/o   maxilla (upper jawbone)  
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metacarp/o   metacarpals (hand bones)  
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metatars/o   metatarsals (foot bone)  
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olecran/o   olecranon (elbow)  
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patell/o   patella (kneecap)  
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pelv/i   pelvis (hipbone)  
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perone/o   fibula(smaller of the two lower leg bones)  
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phalang/o   phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)  
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pub/o   pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)  
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radi/o   radius (forearm bone- thumb side)  
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scapul/o   scapula (shoulder bone)  
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stern/o   sternum (breastbone)  
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tars/o   tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)  
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tibi/o   tibia (shin bone -- larger of the two lower leg bones)  
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uln/o   ulna (forearm bone -- little finger side)  
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ankyl/o   stiff  
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arthr/o   joint  
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articul/o   joint  
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burs/o   bursa (sac of fluid near a joint; promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another)  
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chondr/o   cartilage  
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ligamet/o   ligament  
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rheumat/o   watery flow  
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ten/o   tendon  
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tendin/o   tendon  
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-desis   to bind, tie together  
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-stenosis   narrowing  
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