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Chapter 3 - Word Parts
Prefixes to Word Parts to Suffixes
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
09/15/2012
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Term
Ankyl/o
 Definition
Crooked, bent, stiff
Term
Arthr/o
 Definition
Joint
Term
Chondr/i, Chondr/o
 Definition
Cartilage
Term
Cost/o
 Definition
Rib
Term
Crani/o
 Definition
skull
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-desis
 Definition
to bind, tie together
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kyph/o
 Definition
bent, hump
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lord/o
 Definition
curve, swayback, bent
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-lysis
 Definition
loosening or setting free
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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oss/e,oss/i,ost/o,oste/o
 Definition
Bone
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Scoli/o
 Definition
Curved,bent
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Spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
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synovi/o,synov/o
 Definition
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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-poietic
 Definition
pertaining to formation
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sacr/o
 Definition
sacrum
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ili/o
 Definition
ilium
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Pod/o
 Definition
foot
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Lumb/o
 Definition
Lumbar; Lower back
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-listhesis
 Definition
slipping
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Por/o
 Definition
small opening
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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Lamin/o
 Definition
lamina
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-clasis
 Definition
to break
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