Medical Flashcards
-al
Like, similar
-algia
Pain
ambi
Both, both sides
ante
Before, in front of, ahead
-ar
pertaining to
arthr/o
Joint
-blast
Germ/ embryonic cell
brachi/o
Arm
burs/o
idk
-centesis
Surgical puncture to remove fluid
cervic/o
neck, neck of uterus
chondr/o
cartilage
-clast
cell to break down
cost/o
rib
crani/o
pertaining to the skull
-cyte
bladder, bag, sac
-ectomy
Surgical removal all
-graphy
diagram, instrument for recording
hemat/o
Blood
-ic
pertaining to
inter
Between, among
-itis
Inflammation, inflammation of
ligament/o
Ligament
-malacia
Softening of the tissue
menisc/o
meniscus
myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
-oma
Tumor, a swelling
orth/o
normal, straight
-osis
condition, state, process
osse/o
Bone
oste/o
Bone
peri
around
scoli/o
crooked curved
-scope
Examining instrument
-scopy
Observation
spondyl/o
vertebra, vertebral colum
Supra
No