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Medical Terminology
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11/13/2012
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calc/o calci/o
 Definition
calcium
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kyph/o
 Definition
humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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lamin/o
 Definition
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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lord/o
 Definition
curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
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lumb/o
 Definition
loins, lower back
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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orth/o
 Definition
straight
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ostee/o
 Definition
bone
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
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spondyl/o
 Definition
vertebra (used to make words about conditions of the structure)
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vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic or immature cell
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-clast
 Definition
to break
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-lithesis
 Definition
slipping
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-physis
 Definition
to grow
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-porosis
 Definition
pore, passage
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-tome
 Definition
instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
 Definition
acetabulum (hip socket)
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calcen/o
 Definition
calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o
 Definition
carpals (wrist bones)
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clavicul/o
 Definition
clavicle (collar bone)
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs (true ribs, false ribs and floating ribs)
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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femor/o
 Definition
femur
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fibul/o
 Definition
fibula
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humer/o
 Definition
humerus
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ili/o
 Definition
ilium
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ischi/o
 Definition
ischium
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malleol/o
 Definition
malleolus
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mandibul/o
 Definition
mandible
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maxill/o
 Definition
maxilla
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metacarp/o
 Definition
metacarpals
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metatars/o
 Definition
metatarsals
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olecran/o
 Definition
olecranon
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patell/o
 Definition
patella
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
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perone/o
 Definition
fibula
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phalang/o
 Definition
phalanges
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pub/o
 Definition
pubis
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radi/o
 Definition
radius
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scapul/o
 Definition
scapula
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stern/o
 Definition
sternum
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tars/o
 Definition
tarsals
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tibi/o
 Definition
tibia
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uln/o
 Definition
ulna
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ankyl/o
 Definition
stiff
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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articul/o
 Definition
joint
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burs/o
 Definition
bursa
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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ligament/o
 Definition
ligament
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rheumat/o
 Definition
watery flow
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synov/o
 Definition
synovial membrane
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ten/o
 Definition
tendon
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tendin/o
 Definition
tendon
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-desis
 Definition
to bind, tie together
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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fasci/o
 Definition
facia
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fibr/o
 Definition
fibrous
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leiomy/o
 Definition
smooth muscle
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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myocardio
 Definition
heart muscle
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myoso
 Definition
muscle
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planto
 Definition
sole of the foot
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rhabdomyo
 Definition
skeletal muscle connected to bone
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-asthenia
 Definition
lack of strength
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-trophy
 Definition
development nourishment
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ab-
 Definition
away from
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ad-
 Definition
toward
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dorsi
 Definition
back
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poly-
 Definition
many, much
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