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Exam 12 - Word Parts
word parts for exam 12
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
04/04/2015
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Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
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rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
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burs/o
 Definition
bursa (cavity)
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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ankyl/o
 Definition
stiff, bent
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kinesi/o
 Definition
movement, motion
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kyph/o
 Definition
hump (increased convexity of the spine)
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lamin/o
 Definition
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
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lord/o
 Definition
bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)
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my/o, myos/o
 Definition
muscle
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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petr/o
 Definition
stone
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, curved (spine)
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inter-
 Definition
between
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supra-
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above
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sym-, syn-
 Definition
together, joined
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-asthenia
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weakness
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-clasia, -clasis, -clast
 Definition
break
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-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation, fusion
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-physis
 Definition
growth
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-schisis
 Definition
split, fissure
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