MedTerm4 Flashcards
oste/o
cf for bone
oste/o/malacia
softening of the bones
-malacia
suffix for softening
eti/o/logy
the study of the cause of diseases
oste/oma
bone tumor
oste/o/mata
bone tumors (plural)
osteopathic
doctor for the skeleton and its relationship to disease
arthr/o
joints
oste/o/arthr/o/pathy
bone and joint disease
oste/o/por/osis
condition of deterioration of the bone matrix causing pores and weekness
poros
passageway
-penia
suffix for low number or loss
osteopenia
bone loss
osteosarcoma
bone cancer
sarcoma
cancer of the connective tissue
myel/o
cf for bone marrow or the spinal cord
poli/o
cf for gray matter of the nervous system
poliomyelitis
inflammation of the gram matter of the spinal cord, caused by an infection
encephalomyelopathy
disease of the brain and spinal cord
osteomyelitis
inflammation of the bone and marrow
myeolodysplasia
defective form of the spinal cord
arthr/o
cf for joint
myelocytic
pertaining to the myelocytes
myeloccele
herniation of the spinal cord
meningomyelocele
herniation of the spinal cord and meninges
-plasia
suffix for development or formation
dys
defective
dysplasia
defective development
arthrodysplasia
defective development of a joint
myelodysplasia
defective (abnormal) growth of the spinal cord
osteodysplasia
defective bone development
a/plasia
failure of an organ to develop
