Ch. 2 Skeletal Word Parts Flashcards by Jaklynn Holbrook

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-scopy

A

Visual examination using a scope

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-scope

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Instrument used to view

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-porosis

A

Abnormal condition of small holes

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-penia

A

Deficiency

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-oid

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Like; resembling

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-malacia

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Softening

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-desis

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To bind; tie together

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-centesis

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Surgical puncture to remove fluid

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-ation

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Process; condition

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-al, -ic

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Pertaining to

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Syn-
•sinnin with the homies

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Together; with

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Non-

A

Not

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Meta-
• the metaverse is beyond our universe

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Change; beyond

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ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

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Tendon

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Tars/ o
•tarzan has hairy ankles

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Ankle

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Synovi/o

A

Lubricating fluid of joints

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Ster/o

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Solid structure; steroid

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Spondyl/o

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Vertebra; back bone

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Scoli/o

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Crooked; bent

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Sarc/o

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Flesh; connective tissue

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Sacr/o

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Sacrum

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Rheumat/o

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Watery flow

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Rachi/o

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Spine; vertebra

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Pyret/o

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Fever

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Pod/o

A

Foot

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Ped/o

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Foot; child

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Orth/o
• an orthodontist sets your smile straight

A

Straight

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Narc/o

A

Numbness; sleep; stupor

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Myel/o

A

Bone marrow; spinal cord

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Lux/o
•luxurious Gucci slides

A

Slide

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Lumb/o

A

Lumbar region; loin

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Lord/o

A

Curve; swayback

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Kyph/o

A

Humpback

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Crani/o

A

Skull

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Cost/o

A

Rib

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Chondr/o

A

Cartilage

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Chir/o

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Hand

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Cervic/o

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Neck; cervix

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Carp/o

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Wrist

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Burs/o

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Bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

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Brachi/o

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Arm

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Ankyl/o

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Crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

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Acr/o
•acrobats are extreme

A

Extremities

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-tomy

A

Process of cutting; incision

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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-osis

A

Abnormal condition

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-oma

A

Tumor; mass

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-ectomy

A

Surgical removal; excision

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-algia

A

Pain

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Supra-
•sup

A

Above

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Sub-
•submarine

A

Below; under

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Peri-

A

Around; surrounding

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Intra-

A

Within; into

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Inter-

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Between

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a-, an-

A

Not; without

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Anti-

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Against