Chapter 2 Flashcards by Lauren Almaraz

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-ation

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process; condition

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tars/o

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ankle

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-scopy

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Visual examination using a scope

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Lord/o

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curve;swayback

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rachi/o

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spine; vertebra

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ster/o

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solid structure; steroid

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-algia

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pain

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lux/o

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slide

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-penia

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deficiency

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syn-

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together; with

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anti-

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against

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supra-

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above

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meta-

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change; beyond

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non-

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not

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-porosis

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abnormal condition of small holes

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myel/o

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bone marrow; spinal cord

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-tomy

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process of cutting; incision

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-al, -ic

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pertaining to

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-desis

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to blind; tie together

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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synovi/o

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lubricating fluid of joints

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-itis

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inflammation

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-malacia

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softening

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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pyret/o

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fever

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pod/o

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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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lumb/o

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lumbar region;loin

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cranio/o

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skull

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kyph/o

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humpback

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orth/o

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straight

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narc/o

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numbness; sleep; stupor

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within; into

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scoli/o

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crooked;bent

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spondyl/o

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vertebr; backbone

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-scope

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Instrument used to view

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chir/o

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Hand

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Crevic/o

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Neck; cervix (neck of uterus)

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Ankyl/o

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Crooked; bent;stiff; fused together

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Acr/o

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Extremities

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ten/o,tendin/o,tendon/o

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tendon

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-oma

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tumor;mass

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-oid

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like;resembling

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a-,an-

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not; without

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sarc/o

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flesh; connective tissue

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sarco/o

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sacrum

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to remove fluid

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sub-

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below; under

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peri

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around ; surrounding

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arthr/o

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joint

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brachi/o

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arm

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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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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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rib