midterm terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
-algia | pain |
dys- | abnormal, painful, difficult |
-ectomy | surgical removal of |
hyper- | above normal, excessive |
hypo- | below normal, underneath, inferior |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | a condition, disease or increase |
-ostomy | formation of a new opening |
-otomy | cutting, surgical incision |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhage | heavy discharge |
-rrhaphy | suturing |
-rrhea | discharge, flowing |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-schelrosis | hardening of the skin |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat or fatty tissue |
anter/o | front, before |
caud/o | tail; lower part of body |
cephal/o | head |
cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
end-, endo- | within, inside |
exo- | out of, away from, outside |
histo/o, histi/o | tissue |
-ologist | specialist |
-ology | study/ science of |
path/o, -pathy | disease, suffering |
plas/I, plas/o, -plsia | formation, development |
poster/o | back of body; behind |
-statis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/I, chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | skull |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
kyph/o | bent, hump |
lord/o | curve, swayback, bent |
-lysis | loosening or setting free |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
oss/e, oss/I, ost/o, oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | curved, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone |
synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
-um | singular noun ending |
bi- | two |
-cele | hernia, abnormal protrusion |
dys- | bad, difficult |
fasci/o | fascia, fiborous brand |
-ia | abnormal condition, disease |
-ic | pertaining to |
kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
my/o | muscle |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhexis | rupture |
tax/o | order; coordination |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out, extend |
ton/o | tension, stretching, tone |
tri- | three |
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