Chap. 2 Word Parts Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities
2
Q
ankyl/o
A
crooked; bent; stiff; fused; together
3
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
4
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
5
Q
burs/o
A
bursa (sac of fluid near the joint)
6
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
7
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
8
Q
chir/o
A
hand
9
Q
chrondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
cost/o
A
rib
11
Q
crani/o
A
skull
12
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback
13
Q
lord/o
A
curve; swayback
14
Q
lumb/o
A
lumbar region; loin
15
Q
lux/o
A
slide
16
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
17
Q
narc/o
A
numbness; sleep; stupor
18
Q
orth/o
A
straight
19
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oste/o
A
bone
20
Q
ped/o
A
foot; child
21
Q
pod/o
A
foot
22
Q
pyret/o
A
fever
23
Q
rachi/o
A
spine; vertebra
24
Q
rheumat/o
A
watery flow
25
sacr/o
scarum
26
sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
27
scoli/o
crooked; bent
28
spondyl/o
vertebra; backbone
29
ster/o
solid structure; steroid
30
synovi/o
lubricating fluid of joints
31
tars/o
ankle
32
ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o
tendon
33
a-, an-
not; without
34
anti-
against
35
inter-
between
36
intra-
within
37
meta-
change; beyond
38
non-
not
39
peri-
around; surrounding
40
sub-
below; under
41
supra-
above
42
syn-
together; with
43
-al, -ic
pertaining to
44
-algia
pain
45
-ation
process condition
46
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
47
-desis
to bind; tie together
48
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
49
-itis
inflammation
50
-malacia
softening
51
-oid
like; resembling
52
-oma
tumor or mass
53
-osis
abnormal condition
54
-penia
deficiency
55
-plasty
surgical repair
56
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
57
-scope
instrument used to view
58
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
59
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
