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46 Cards in this Set

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osteo

Bone

Pathy

Disease

Malac/o

Softening

My/o

Muscle

Arthr/o

Joint

-Penia

Low number; loss

Sarcoma

Cancer of connective tissue

Myel/o

Bone marrow or spinal cord

Dys-

Difficult or poor

-plasia

Growth and development

Poli/o

Grey, grey matter of the nervous system

Poliomyelitis

Inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord caused by a viral infection

Encephalomyelopathy

Disease of the brain and spinal cord

Osteomyelitis

Inflammation of the bone and marrow

Myelodysplasia

Defective formation of the spinal cord

Osteopenia

Bone loss

Osteosarcoma

Bone cancer

Osteoarthropathy

Bone and joint disease

Osteoma

Hard growth on a bone; bone tumor

Osteopathy

Disease of the bone

Osteomalacia

Softening of the bone

Etiology

The study of the cause of disease

Arthroscope

Instrument used to look into a joint

Arthr/o

Joint

-scope

Instrument used to look at something

Myeloblast

Bone marrow germ cell

Myelocytic

Pertaining to myelocytes

Myelocele

Herniation of the spinal cord

Meningomyelocele

Herniation of the spinal cord and meninges

-plasia

Development or formation

Hyperplasia

Increase in the number of cells in a tissue (tumor)

Dys-

Defective

Dysplasia

Defective (poor or abnormal)

Arthrodysplasia

Defective formation of a joint

Myelodysplasia

Defective formation of the spinal cord

Osteodysplasia

Defective bone development

Hyperplasia

Overgrowth/too much development

A/plasia

Failure of an organ to develop

Hypoplasia

Deficient development

A/plasia

Complete lack of development

Arthr/o

Joint

Ather/o

Fatty or porridgelike

Arteri/o

Artery

Arthroplasty

Surgical repair of a joint

-plasty

Surgical repair

Plast

Form, mold, rebuild