Medical Terminology Chapter 15 Combining Forms – Flashcards
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calc/o, calci/o
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calcium
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kyph/o
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humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
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lamin/o
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lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
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lord/o
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curve, swayback
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lumb/o
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loins, lower back
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myel/o
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bone marrow
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orth/o
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straight
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oste/o
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bone
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scoli/o
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Crooked, bent
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spondyl/o
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vertebra
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vertebr/o
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vertebra
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-blast
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immature cell
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-clast
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To break
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-listhesis
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slipping
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-malacia
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softening
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-physis
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to grow
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-porosis
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pore, passage
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-tome
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instrument to cut
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acetabul/o
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acetabulum(hip socket)
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calcane/o
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calcaneus (heel)
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carp/o
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carpus (wrist bone)
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clavicul/o
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clavicle; collarbone
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cost/o
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ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
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crani/o
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cranium (skull)
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femor/o
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femur, thigh bone
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fibul/o
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fibula (smaller bone of lower leg)
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humer/o
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humerus(upper arm bone)
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ili/o
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ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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ischi/o
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ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
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malleol/o
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malleolus
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mandibul/o
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mandible (lower jawbone)
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maxill/o
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maxilla (upper jawbone)
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metacarp/o
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metacarpals (hand bones)
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metatars/o
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metatarsus (foot bones)
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olecran/o
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olecranon, elbow
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patell/o
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patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i
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pelvis, hip region
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perone/o
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fibula (lower leg bone)
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phalang/o
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phalanges (finger or toe bones)
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pub/o
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pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone)
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radi/o
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radius (lower arm bone)
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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stern/o
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sternum (breastbone)
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tars/o
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tarsals (ankle bones)
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tibi/o
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tibia(shin bone)
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uln/o
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ulna (Lower arm bone)
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fasci/o
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fascia (membrane supporting muscles)
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fibr/o
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Fibrous connective tissue
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leiomy/o
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smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs
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my/o
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muscle
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myocardi/o
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heart muscle
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myos/o
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muscle
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plant/o
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sole of the foot
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rhabdomy/o
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Skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones.
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sarc/o
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muscle and flesh
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-asthenia
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lack of strength
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-trophy
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nourishment, development
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ab-
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away from
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ad-
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toward
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dorsi-
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back
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poly-
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many, much
