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chapter 13 word parts Flashcards

1
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a-

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absence of, without

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ab-

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away from

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ad-

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towards

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brady-

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slow

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dys-

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painful, difficult, abnormal, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within, in

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poly-

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many, much

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sub-

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below, under

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supra-

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above

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sym-

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together, joined

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syn-

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together, joined

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ankyl/o

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stiff, bent

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aponeur/o

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aponeurosis

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arthr/o

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joint

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burs/o

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bursa

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carp/o

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carpals, wrist

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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clavic/o

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clavicle, collarbone

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clavicul/o

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clavicle, collarbone

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium

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disk/o

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intervertebral disk

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femor/o

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femur, upper leg bone

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fibul/o

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fibula, lower leg bone

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humer/o

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humerus, upper arm bone

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ili/o

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ilium

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ischi/o

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ischium

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kines/o

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movement, motion

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kyph/o

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increased convexity of the spine

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lord/o

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bent forward, increased concavity of the spine

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lumb/o

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loin, lumbar region of the spine

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mandibul/o

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mandible, lower jawbone

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maxill/o

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maxilla, upper jawbone

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menisc/o

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meniscus, crescent

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myel/o

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bone marrow, spinal cord

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oste/o

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patell/o

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patella, kneecap

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pelv/i

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pelvis, pelvic bone

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petr/o

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phalang/o

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bones of the finger and toes

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pub/o

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rachi/o

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vertebral spine, vertebral column

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radi/o

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sacr/o

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scapul/o

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scapula, shoulder blade

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scoli/o

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crooked, curved

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spondyl/o

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vertebra, spine, vertebral column

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stern/o

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sternum, breastbone

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synovi/o

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tars/o

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tarsals, ankle bones

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ten/o

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tend/o

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tendin/o

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tibi/o

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tibia, lower leg bone

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uln/o

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ulna, lower arm bone

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vertebr/o

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vertebra, spine, vertebral column

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-ad

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-al

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pertaining to

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-algia

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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-blast

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formative cell

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

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-clasia

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-clasis

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-clast

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-desis

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surgical fixation, fusion

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-ectomy

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excision, surgical removal, cutting out

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-gram

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the record, radiographic image

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-graphy

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process of recording, radiographic imaging

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-itis

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inflammation

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-lysis

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loosening, separating, dissolution

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-malacia

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-penia

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abnormal reduction

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-physis

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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suturing, repairing

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-schisis

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split, fissure

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-scopy

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process of viewing, visual examiantion

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-tomy

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incision, cut into

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-trophy

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nourishment, development

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