Med Terms. Ch 3 Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
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a-
A
without
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-ac
A
pertaining to
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-ago
A
diseased condition
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-al
A
pertaining to
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-algia
A
pain
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Ankyl
A
crooked, bent, stiff
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ankylosing
A
progressive stiffing of a joint or joints
8
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-ar
A
pertaining to
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arthr, athr/o
A
joint
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Capsul
A
little box
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Chondr/o
A
cartilage
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-clasis
A
to break
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Cost
A
Rib
14
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Crani, Crani/o
A
skull
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-desis
A
bind, tie together
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-ectomy
A
surgical removal
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End-
A
within
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hem, hem/o
A
blood
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-iatrist
A
specialist
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ili
A
ilium, hip bone
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itis
A
inflammation
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Kyph
A
hump
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lamin
A
lamina
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-lithesis
A
slipping
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Lord
bent backward
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lumb
lumbar
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-lysis
loosening, setting free
28
-malacia
abnormal softening
29
My
muscle
30
myel
bone marrow
31
necrosis
tissue death
32
-oma
tumor
33
-osis
abnormal condition or disease
34
Ost
bone
35
Oste
bone
36
-penia
deficiency
37
Peri-
surrounding
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-plasty
surgical repair
39
Pod
foot
40
-poietic
pertaining to formation
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poly-
many
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Por
small opening
43
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
44
Sacr/o
sacrum
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-sclerosis
abnormal hardening
46
Scoli
curved
47
-scopy
visual examination
48
Spondyl
vertebrae
49
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
50
vascul
blood vessels
51
vertebr/o
vertebra
