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Quiz 2 - Concorde Career College ICBS 130
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01/30/2011
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ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked, bent, stiff
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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cost/o
 Definition
rib
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crani/o
 Definition
skull
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-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation of a bone or joint, 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
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
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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, back bone
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synovi/o, synov/o
 Definition
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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-um
 Definition
singular noun ending
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bi-
 Definition
twice, double, two
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-cele
 Definition
hernia, tumor, swelling
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ab-
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away from, negative, absent
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fasci/o
 Definition
fascia, fibrous band
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-ia
 Definition
abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium
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-ic
 Definition
pertaining to
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kinesi/o
 Definition
movement
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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-plegia
 Definition
paralysis, stroke
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ad-
 Definition
toward, to, in the direction of
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tax/o
 Definition
coordination, order
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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
 Definition
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
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ton/o
 Definition
tension, tone, stretching
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tri-
 Definition
three
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angi/o
 Definition
blood or lymph vessels
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aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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arter/o
 Definition
artery
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ather/o
 Definition
plaque, fatty substance
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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peri-
 Definition
surrounding
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-emia
 Definition
blood, blood condition
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o, hemat/o
 Definition
blood, relating to the blood
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leuk/o
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white
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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tachy-
 Definition
fast, rapid
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thromb/o
 Definition
clot
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
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