Greek and Latin Roots for Orthopedic Terms

Question 1

MALAC/O
(mal‐ă‐kō)

‐MALACIA
(mă‐lā‐shē‐ă)

Answer 1

Soft, softening

Question 2

ORTH/O
(or‐thō)

Answer 2

Straight, correct, normal, upright

Question 3

PED/O
(pē‐dō)

‐PEDIA
(pē‐dē‐ă)

Answer 3

Child

Education in X

Question 4

FRANG/O
(frăn‐gō)

FRACT/O
(frak‐tō)

Answer 4

Break, broken

Question 5

‐RHEXIS
(rek‐sĭs)

Answer 5

A rupture

Question 6

LUX/O
(lŭks‐ō)

Answer 6

Dislocated

Question 7

POR/O
(pō‐rō)

Answer 7

Passage, pore

Question 8

‐PENIA
(pē‐nē‐ă)

Answer 8

Decrease, deficiency

Question 9

CREPIT/O
(krep‐ĭ‐tō)

Answer 9

Creak, crackle

Question 10

‐AGRA
(ag‐ră)

Answer 10

Gout, attack (of severe pain)

Question 11

RHEUM/O
(roo‐mō)

RHEUMAT/O
(roo′mă‐tō)

Answer 11

Flow, discharge, rheumatoid arthritis

Question 12

ANKYL/O
(ang‐kĭ‐lō)

Answer 12

Stiff, fused, crooked

Question 13

SEQUESTR/O
(sĕ‐kwes‐trō)

Answer 13

Fragment of bone/tissue

Question 14

TALIP/O
(tal‐ĭ‐pō)

Answer 14

Deformity of foot and ankle

Question 15

PLAN/O
(plā‐nō)

Answer 15

Flat

Question 16

CAV/O
(kā‐vō)

Answer 16

Hollow

Question 17

VALG/O
(val‐gō)

Answer 17

Bent Outward

Question 18

VAR/O
(vā‐rō)

Answer 18

Bent inward

Question 19

KYPH/O
(kī‐fō)

Answer 19

Bent forward (convex posteriorly)

Question 20

LORD/O
(lor‐dō)

Answer 20

Bent backward (convex anteriorly)

Question 21

LEV/O
(lē‐vō)

Answer 21

left

Question 22

DEXTR/O
(deks‐trō)

Answer 22

right

Question 23

SCOLI/O
(skō‐lē‐ō)

Answer 23

Bent sideways, crooked

Question 24

TORS/O
(tor‐sō)

TORT/O
(tort‐ō)

Answer 24

twist, turn

Question 25

-OLISTHESIS
(ō‐lis‐thē‐sĭs)

Answer 25

slipping

Question 26

BIFID/O
(bī‐fĭd‐ō)

Answer 26

split in two

Question 27

SCHIZ/O
(skĭ‐zō)

‐SCHISIS
(skĭ‐sĭs)

Answer 27

A splitting, a cleft

Question 28

SPASM/O
(spaz‐mō)

Answer 28

spasm

Question 29

TRACT/O
(trak‐tō)

Answer 29

to draw, pull

Question 30

CAMPT/O
(kămp‐tō)

CAMPYL/O
(kăm‐pĭ‐lō)

‐CAMPSIA
(kamp‐sē‐ă)

‐CAMPSIS
(kămp‐sĭs)

Answer 30

bent, curved