combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes Flashcards
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arthr/o
A
joint
2
Q
burs/o
A
bursa
3
Q
carp/o
A
carpus (wrist)
4
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
5
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
6
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
7
Q
cost/o
A
rib
8
Q
craini/o
A
skull
9
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
10
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (thinner lower leg bone)
11
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
12
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (part of the pelvis)
13
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium (part of the pelvis)
14
Q
kyph/o
A
hump
15
Q
lord/o
A
bump
16
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jaw)
17
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla (upper jaw)
18
Q
metacarp/o
A
metacarpus (hand bones)
19
Q
metatars/o
A
metatarsus (food bones)
20
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
21
Q
my/o
A
muscle
22
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
23
Q
oste/o
A
bone
24
Q
patell/o
A
patella (kneecap)
25
phalang/o
phalanges (fingers and toes)
26
pub/o
pubis (part of the pelvis)
27
radi/o
radius (part of forearm)
28
sacr/o
sacrum
29
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
30
scoli/o
crooked, bent
31
spondyl/o
vertebra
32
stern/o
sternum (breast bone)
33
tars/o
tarsus (ankle)
34
ten/o
tendon
35
tendin/o
tendon
36
tibi/o
tibia (shin, larger lower leg bone)
37
uln/o
ulna (part of forearm0\)
38
vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
39
cutane/o
skin
40
electr/o
electricity
41
fibr/o
fibrous
42
orth/o
straight
43
path/o
disease
44
-ac
pertaining to
45
-al
pertaining to
46
-algia
pain
47
-ar
pertaining to
48
-ary
pertaining to
49
-asthenia
weakness
50
-centisis
puncture to withdraw fluid
51
-clasia
surgical breaking
52
-cyte
cell
53
-desis
surgical fusing
54
-dynia
pain
55
-eal
pertaining to
56
-ectomy
surgical removal
57
-genic
producing
58
-gram
a record
59
-graphy
process of recording
60
-ic
pertaining to
61
-itis
inflammation
62
-kinesia
movement
63
-malacia
abnormal softening
64
-metry
process of measuring
65
-oma
tumor
66
-osis
abnormal condition
67
-otomy
cutting into
68
-ous
pertainng to
69
-pathy
disease
70
-plasty
surgical repair
71
-porosis
porous
72
-rrhaphy
to suture
73
-rrhexis
rupture
74
-scope
instrument for viewing
75
-scopy
process of visually examining
76
-tome
instrument to cut
77
-trophy
development
78
a-
without
79
brady-
slow
80
dys-
painful, difficult, abnormal
81
hyper-
excessive
82
inter-
between
83
intra-
within
84
per-
through
85
sub-
under
86
supra-
above
