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77 Cards in this Set
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ankyl/o
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bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed
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arthr/o
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a joint, an articulation
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articul/o
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joint
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brachi/o
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arm
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burs/i, burs/o
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fluid-containing closed sac or envelope
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calcane/o
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cacaneus, heel
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carp/i
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wrist bone
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cervic/o
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a cervix or neck, in any sense
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chondr/o, chondri/o
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cartilage
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clavicul/o
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clavicle
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
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cost/o
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ribs
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crani/o
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cranium, skull
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desm/o
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fibrous connection, ligament
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disc/o
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disk, disk-shaped
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dors/i, dors/o
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back, back portion, toward the back
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femor/o
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femur
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fibr/o
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fiber
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fibul/o
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fibula
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ili/o
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ilium, broad portion of the hip bone
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ischi/o
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ischium, hip joint, haunch
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lord/o
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curved, bent
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medull/o
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soft marrow-like structure, especially in the center of a part
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my/o
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muscle
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myel/o
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1. bone marrow
2. spinal cord and medulla oblongata 3. the myelin sheath of nerve fibers |
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orth/o
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straight or normal, in proper order
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osse/o
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bone, bony
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oste/o
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bone
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pector/o
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chest
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ped/i, ped/o
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foot, feet
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pelv/i, pelv/o, pelvi/o
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pelvis
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perioste/o
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periosteum
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perone/o
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fibula
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rachi/o
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spine
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rhabd/o
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rod, rod-shaped
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rhiz/o
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root
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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scaph/o
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scaphoid, boat-shaped, hollowed
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scapul/o
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scapula (shoulder blade)
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spin/o
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1. the spine
2. spinous |
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae
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stern/o
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the sternum, sternal
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tars/o
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tarsus (as a division of the skeleton, the seven tarsal bone of the instep)
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ten/o, tenont/o
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tendon
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tibi/o
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tibia, the shinbone
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uln/o
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relating to the ulna
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vertebr/o
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vertebra, vertebral
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acromi/o - clavicul/o - ar
acromioclavicular |
acromion - clavicle - pertainin to, relating to
relating to the acomion and the clavicle; denoting the artciulation and ligaments between the clavicle and teh acromion of the scapula |
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arthr/o - algia
arthralgia |
joint, an articulation - pain
pain in a joint, especially one not inflammatory in character |
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chondr/o - malacia
chondromalacia |
carilage - softening
softening of any cartilage |
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circum - axill/o - ary
circumaxillary |
circular, circular movement - armpit - pertaining to, relating to
around the axilla |
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coccyg/o - dynia
coccygodynia |
coccyx - pain
pain in the coccygeal region |
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disc/o - genic
discogenic |
disk, disk-shaped - precursor of, forming, producing, origin
denoting a disorder originating in or from an interverbral disk |
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infra - scapul/o - ar
infrascapular |
below - scapula - pertaining to, relating to
inferior to the scapula |
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inter - phalange/o - al
interphalangeal |
between, among - phalanges - pertaining to, relating to
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ischi/o - vertebr/o - al
ischiovertebral |
ischium - vertebrae - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the ischium and the vertebral column |
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juxta - medull/o - ary
justamedullary |
near, beside - soft, inner part - pertaining to, relating to
close to or adjoining the medullary border |
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lei/o - my/o - sarc/o - oma
leiomyosarcoma |
smooth - muscle - flesh,
connective tissue - tumor, neoplasm a malignant neoplasm derived from smooth (nonstriated) muscle |
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macr/o - brachi/o - ia
macrobrachia |
large, long - arms - a condition
condition of having abnormally thick or long arms |
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meta - carp/i - phalange/o - al
metacarpophalangeal |
after, subsequent to, behind - wrist - phalanges - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the metacarpus and the phalanges; denoting the articulations between them |
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neur - algia
neuralgia |
nerve - pain
pain of a severe, throbbing, or stabbing character in the course of distribution of a nerve |
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oste/o - pathi - ic
osteopathic |
bone - disease - pertaining to, relating to
a disease of bone; relating to osteopathy |
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para - esthesia
paraesthesia |
abnormal - perception, feeling
an abnormal sensation, such as of burning, pricking, tickling, or tingling |
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peri - oste/o - myel/o - itis
periosteomyelitis |
around, about, near - bone - bone marrow - inflammation
inflammation of the entire bone, with the periosteum and marrow |
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semi - lunar
semilunar |
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon |
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supra - clavicul/o -ar
supraclavicular |
above - clavicle - pertaining to, relating to
above the clavicle, denoting some cutaneous nerves |
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supra - pub/o - ic
suprapubic |
above - pubic bone - pertaining to, relating to
above the pubic bone |
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cost/o - vertebr/o - al
costovertebral |
ribs - vertebrae - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the ribs and the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae with which they articulate |
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hemi - plegia
hemiplegia |
half - paralysis
paralysis of one side of the body |
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my/o - algia
myalgia |
muscle - pain
muscular pain |
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stern/o - cleid/o - mastoid
sternocleidomastoid |
sternum - clavicle - relating to mastoid process
relating to sternum, clavicle, and masoid process |
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plant/o
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sole of foot
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sub - ungu/o - al
subungual |
below, under - nail - pertaining to, relating to
beneath the fingernail or toenail |
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fasci/o
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fascia
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disc - ectomy
discectomy |
disk, disk-shaped - removal of an anatomic structure
excision, in part or whole, of an intervertebral disk |
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my/o - rrhaphy
myorrhaphy |
muscle - surgical suturing
suture of a muscle |
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ten/o - synov/o - ectomy
tenosynovectomy |
tendon - synovium - removal of
excision of a tendon sheath |