Combining Forms Flashcards
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Kyph/o
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Hump/hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
1
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Calc/o, calci/o
A
Calcium
2
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Lamin/o
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Lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
3
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Lord/o
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Curve, swayback
4
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Lumb/o
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Loins, lower back
5
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow
6
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Orth/o
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Straight
7
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Oste/o
A
Bone
8
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Scoli/o
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Crooked, bent
9
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Spondyl/o (make words)
A
Vertebra
10
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Vertebr/o (describing)
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Vertebra