Medical terminology chapter 3 Flashcards

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ankyl/o

A

crooke, bent, stiff

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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2
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arthr/o

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joiny

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3
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cost/o

A

rib

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4
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crani/o

A

skull

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5
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-desis

A

to bind, tie together

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6
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kyph/o

A

bent. bump

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lord/o

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curve, swaybakc bent

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-lysis

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breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening agent that causes lysis or loosening

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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10
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oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

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bone

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scoli/o

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curved, bent

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12
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spondyl/o

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vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone

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synovi/o, synov/o

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13
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-um

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a noun ending

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14
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acetaminophen

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APAP

15
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bone density testing

A

BDT

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bone marrow biopsy

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BMB

17
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bone marrow transplant

A

BMT

18
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clolsed reduction

A

CR

19
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craniostenosis

A

CSO

20
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dual x-ray absorptiometry

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DXA

21
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fracture

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Fx

22
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hallux valgus

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HV

23
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juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

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JRA

24
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magnetic resonance imagining

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MRI

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APAP

A

acetaminophen

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BDT

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bone density testing

27
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BMB

A

bone marrow bipsy

28
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BMT

A

bone marrow transplant

29
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CR

A

closed reduction

30
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CSO

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craniostenosis

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DXA

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dual x-ray absorptiometry

32
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Fx

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fracture

33
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HV

A

hallux valgus

34
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JRA

A

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

35
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MRI

A

magnetic resonance imaging