Medical terminology - Chapter 2 Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities
2
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ankyl/o
A
crooked, bent
3
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arthr/o
A
joint
4
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brachi/o
A
arm
5
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burs
A
burs (sac filled with filled)
6
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carp/o
A
wrist
7
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, cervix
8
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chir/o
A
hand
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
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cost/o
A
rib
11
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crani/o
A
skull
12
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback
13
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lord/o
A
curve, “inward curve”, back
14
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lumb/o
A
lumbar region, loin
15
Q
lux/o
A
slide
16
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myel/o
A
bone “marrow”, spinal cord
17
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narc/o
A
numbness, sleep
18
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orth/o
A
straight
19
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oste/o
A
bone
20
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ped/o
A
foot
21
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pod/o
A
foot
22
Q
“pyre”t/o
A
fever
23
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rachi/o
A
spine/ vertebra
24
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rheumat/o
A
watery flow
25
sacr/o
sacrum
26
sarc/o
connective tissues, flesh
27
scoli/o
crooked, bent
28
spondyl/o
vertebra, backbone
29
ster/o
solid structure, steroid
30
synovi/o
lubricating fluid of joints
31
tars/o
ankle
32
ten/o, tendon/o, tendin/o
tendon
33
inter-
within, into
34
intra-
between
35
syn-
together, with
36
-al, -ic
pertaining to
37
-algia
pain
38
-ation
condition, process
39
-desis
tie together
40
-malacia
softening
41
-oid
like, resembling
42
-oma
tumor
43
-penia
deficiency
44
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
45
-scope (scope the scenery)
instrument used to view
46
-scopy
visual examinations using a scope
47
-tomy
incision
