Suffixes, Prefixes, Word Roots Flashcards by Gwendolyn Koepke

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leiomy/o

A

smooth muscle

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muscul/o

A

muscle

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my/o

A

muscle

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rhabd/o

A

rod shaped

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rhabdomy/o

A

rod shaped muscle

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brachi/o

A

arm

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carp/o

A

carpus (wrist bone)

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cephal/o

A

head

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cervic/o

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neck, cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

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clavicul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

A

ribs

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crani/o

A

cranium (skull)

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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

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humer/o

A

humerus

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metacarp/o

A

metacarpus (hand bones)

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phalang/o

A

phlanges

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radi/o

A

radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

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spondyl/o

A

vertebrae

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vertebr/o

A

vertebrae

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stern/o

A

sternum

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thorac/o

A

chest

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calcane/o

A

calcaneum (heel bone)

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femor/o

A

femur

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fibul/o

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fibula

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ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)

ischi/o

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

metatars/o

metatarsus (foot bones)

patell/o

patella (knee cap)

pelv/i

pelvis

pelv/o

pelvis

pod/o

foot

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of the pelvis bone)

tibi/o

tibia

ankyl/o

stiffness, bent, crooked

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

fasci/o

band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting + seperating muscles)

fidr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

lord/o

curve, swayback

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

ped/o

foot, child

ped/i

foot, child

scoli/o

crooked, bent

synov/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

ten/o

tendon

tend/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

-asthenia

weakness, debility

-clasia

to break, surgical fracture

-clast

to break, surgical fracture

-desis

binding, fixation of a bone or joint

-malacia

softening

-porosis

porous

-sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

a-

without, not

dys-

bad, painful, difficult

syn-

union, together, joined

-oma

tumor

-ar

pertaining to ...

-oid

resembling

-algia

pain

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-ad

toward

-dynia

pain

-ectomy

excision, removal

-tomy

incision

-itis

inflammation

-al

pertaining to ...

inter-

between

-ic

pertaining to ...

-metry

act of measuring

-iatry

medicine, treatment

-eal

pertaining to ...

-osis

abnormal condition, increase usually with blood cells

-plasty

surgical repair

-cyte

cell

-ist

specialist

-graph

instrument for recording