chapter 2 Flashcards by Rachel Perry

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acr/o

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extremities (arms and legs)

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ankyl/o

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(abnormal) crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

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arth/o

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joint

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brachi/o

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arm

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burs/o

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bursa (sack of fluid near joint)

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carp/o

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wrist

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cervic/o

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neck; head of the uterus

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chir/o

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hand

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chrondr/o

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cartilage

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cost/o

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rib

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crani/o

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skull

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kyph/o

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hunchback

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lord/o

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curve;swayback

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lumb/o

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lumbar region; loin

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lux/o

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slide; normal and abnormal

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myel/o

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bone marrow

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narc/o

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numbness, sleep, stupor; disoriented

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othr/o

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straight

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oste/o

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bone

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ped/o

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child

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pod/o

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foot

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pyret/o

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fever

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rachi/o

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spine; vertebra

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rheumat/o

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watery flow

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sacr/o

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sacrum

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sarc/o

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flesh; connective tissue

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scoli/o

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(spine) crooked; bent

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spondyl/o

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vertebra; backbone

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ster/o

A

solid structure; steroid

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synovi/o

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lubricating fluid in the joints

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tars/o

A

ankle

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ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

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tendon

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a-, an-

A

not; without

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anti-

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against

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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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meta-

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change; beyond

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non-

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not

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peri-

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around; surrounding

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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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syn-

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together; with

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-al, -ic

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pertaining to

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-algia

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pain

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-ation

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process; condition

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-centesis

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surgical puncture to drain fluid

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-desis

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to bind; tie together

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-ectomy

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surgical removal; excision

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-itis

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inflammation

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-malacia

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softening

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-oid

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like; resembling

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-oma

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tumor; mass

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-penia

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deficiency

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-porosis

A

abnormal condition of small holes

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-scope

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instrument used to view

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-scopy

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visual examination using a scope

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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision