Medical Word Elements Flashcards
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ankyl/o
A
stiffness; bent, crooked
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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kyph/o
A
humpback
4
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lamin/o
A
lamina (part of the veterbral arch)
5
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lord/o
A
curve, swayback
6
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myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
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Oste/o
A
bones
9
Q
ped/o; ped/i
A
foot; child
10
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scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
11
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
12
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acromi/o
A
acrominon
13
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brachi/o
A
arm
14
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneum
15
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carp/o
A
carpus
16
Q
cephal/o
A
head
17
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cervic/o
A
neck; cervix uteri
18
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clavicul/o
A
clavicle
19
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cost/o
A
ribs
20
Q
crani/o
A
crainum
21
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers; toes
22
Q
femor/o
A
femur
23
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fibul/o
A
fibula
24
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humer/o
A
humerus
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ili/o
ilium
26
ischi/o
ischium
27
lumb/o
loins
28
metacarp/o
metacarpus
29
metatars/o
metatarsus
30
patell/o
patella
31
pelv/i
pelvis
32
phalang/o
phalanges
33
pod/o
foot
34
pub/o
pelvis bone
35
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius
36
spondyl/o; vertebr/o
vertebrae
37
stern/o
sternum
38
tibi/o
tibia
39
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
40
muscul/o; my/o
muscle
41
rhabd/o
rod-shaped
42
rhabdomy/o
rod-shaped
43
chondr/o
cartilage
44
fasci/o
band, fascia
45
fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
46
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
47
ten/o; tendin/o
tendon
48
-asthenia
weakness, debility
49
-blast
embryonic cell
50
-clasia
to break; surgical fracture
51
-clast
to break; surgical fracture
52
-desis
binding, fixation
53
-malacia
softening
54
-physis
growth
55
-porosis
porous
56
-sarcorna
malignant tumor of connective tissue
57
-scopy
visual examination
58
a-
without, not
59
dys-
bad; painful; difficult
60
sub-
under, below
61
supra-
above; excessive; superior
62
syn-
union, together, joined
