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Combining Forms of the Skeletal System
Medical Terminology: A Word Building Approach by Jane Rice: Ch. 6, Skeletal system
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Undergraduate 1
09/04/2012
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum
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acr/o
 Definition
extremity
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ankyl/o
 Definition
stiffening, crooked
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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burs/o
 Definition
a pouch
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calcan/e
 Definition
heel bone
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carcin/o
 Definition
cancer
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carp/o
 Definition
wrist
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cartilagin/o
 Definition
cartilage
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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clavicul/o
 Definition
clavicle, collarbone
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coccyg/e
 Definition
coccyx, tailbone
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coccyg/o
 Definition
coccyx, tailbone
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coll/a
 Definition
glue
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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dactyl/o
 Definition
finger or toe
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femor/o
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femur
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fibul/o
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fibula
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fixat/o
 Definition
fastened
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humero/o
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humerus
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ili/o
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ilium
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isch/i
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ischium, hip
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kyph/o
 Definition
a hump
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lamin/o
 Definition
lamina (thin plate)
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lord/o
 Definition
bending, curve, swayback
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lumb/o
 Definition
loin, lower back
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mandibul/o
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lower jawbone
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maxill/o
 Definition
jawbone
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menisc/i
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crescent
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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patell/o
 Definition
kneecap
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ped/o
 Definition
foot
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phalang/e
 Definition
phalanges (finger/toe bones)
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rach/i
 Definition
spine
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rad/i
 Definition
radius
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radi/o
 Definition
x-ray
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rheumato/o
 Definition
discharge
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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sarc/o
 Definition
flesh
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scapul/o
 Definition
shoulder blade
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scoli/o
 Definition
curvature
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spin/o
 Definition
spine
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spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra
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stern/o
 Definition
sternum, breastbone
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tendon/o
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tendon
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tibi/o
 Definition
tibia
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tract/o
 Definition
to draw
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uln/o
 Definition
ulna, elbow
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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xiph/o
 Definition
sword
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inter
 Definition
between
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-algia
 Definition
pain
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meta-
 Definition
beyond
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sarc
 Definition
flesh
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-blast
 Definition
immature cell, germ cell
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency
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a-
 Definition
without
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dis-
 Definition
apart
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical excision
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-dynia
 Definition
pain
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-ion
 Definition
process
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-age
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related to
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-gram
 Definition
mark, record
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locat
 Definition
to place
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sub-
 Definition
under, beneath
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sym-
 Definition
together
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-physis
 Definition
growth
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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-edema
 Definition
swelling
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phos
 Definition
light
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phor
 Definition
carrying
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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-graph
 Definition
record, instrument for recording
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re
 Definition
back
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duct
 Definition
to lead
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rheumat
 Definition
discharge
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-oid
 Definition
resemble
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