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138 Cards in this Set
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Acetabul/o |
Acetabulum |
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Ankyl/o
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Stiff |
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Burs/o |
Bursa
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Calc/o
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Calcium
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Calcane/o |
Calcaneus
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Carp/o |
Carpus |
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Chondr/o
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Cartilage
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Clavicul/o |
Clavicle |
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Cost/o |
Rib |
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Costal/o |
Rib |
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Crani/o
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Skull
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Dactyl/o
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Toes; Digits |
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Erg/o
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Work |
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Fasci/o
Fasc/i |
Fascia |
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Femor/o |
Femur
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Fibros/o |
Fibrous Connective Tissue |
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Fibul/o |
Fibula |
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Hem/o Hemat/o |
Blood
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Humer/o |
Humerus
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Hydr/o
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Fluid; Water
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Ili/o |
Ilium |
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Isch/o |
Ischium |
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Kinesi/o |
Movement
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Kyph/o |
Humpback; Bent; Hump |
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Lacrim/o |
Tear; Tear Duct
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Lamin/o |
Lamina |
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Leiomy/o |
Smooth (visceral) Muscle
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Ligament/o |
Ligament
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Lord/o
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Curve; Swayback; Bent backward
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malleol/o |
Malleolus
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Mandibul/o |
Mandible; Lower jaw
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maxill/o |
Maxilla; Upper jaw
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Metacarp/o
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Metacarpals
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Metatars/o
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Metatarsals
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My/o
Myos/o |
Muscle |
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Myel/o
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Bone marrow; Spinal cord
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Necr/o
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Death
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Olecran/o |
Olecranon |
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Orth/o Oss/e; Oss/i Oste/o |
Bone
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Pariet/o |
Side
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Patell/o |
Patella
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Ped/o
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Child; Foot |
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Pelv/i
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Pelvis; Pelvic bone;Hip
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Perone/o |
Fibula |
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Phalang/o |
Phalanges; Digits |
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Pub/o |
Pubis |
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Radi/o
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Radius; X-Ray |
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Rhabdomy/o |
Striated (skeletal) Muscle |
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Rheumat/o |
Water; Flow |
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Sacr/o |
Sacrum
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Sarc/o |
Connective Tissue |
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Scapula/o |
Scapula
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Sphen/o
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Wedge |
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Spondyl/o |
Vertebra
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Stern/o |
Sternum
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Synov/o
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Synovial membrane; Tendon sheath |
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Tars/o |
Tarsus
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Ten/o
Tendin/o |
Tendon
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Tibi/o |
Tibia
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Ton/o
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Tension
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Uln/o
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Ulna
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Vertebr/o
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Vertebra
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a-, an- |
no; not; without |
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ab-
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Away from |
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ad- |
Toward
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amph-
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Around; On both sides |
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anti- |
Against |
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de- |
lack of; down; less; removal of
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dia- |
through; complete |
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dys- |
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal |
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electro- |
electricity |
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endo-
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in; within
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epi- |
above; upon; on
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hyper-
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above; excessive
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hypo- |
deficient; below; under; less than normal |
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inter-
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between |
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meta-
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change; beyond
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pan- |
all |
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peri-
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surrounding; around
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poly- |
many; much |
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sub-
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under; below
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supra-
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above; upper |
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Sym-
Syn- |
together; with
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,-eal, -ic, -ous |
pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-blast
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immature; embryonic
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-centesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid |
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-clast |
to break |
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-cyte
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cell
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-desis
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surgical fixation; to bind;tie together |
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-dynia |
pain
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-ectomy
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removal; excision; resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-fication
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process of making
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-genesis
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producing; forming |
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-graphy
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process of recording |
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-ion
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process
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-itis
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inflammation |
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-kinesis
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movement
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-malacia
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softening
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-metry
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measurement
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-oma
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tumor; mass; fluid collection
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-osis
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abnormal condition |
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-pathy
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disease condition |
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-pexy
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surgical fixation; to put in place |
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-physis |
to grow
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-plasia
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development; formation; growth
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-plasty
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Surgical repair |
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-poiesis |
formation
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-porosis
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condition of pores (spaces)
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-rhaphy
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suture
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-tome
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instrument to cut |
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-tomy |
process of cutting; incision |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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-trophy |
development; nourishment |
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-y |
condition |
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Achondroplasia |
Hereditary condition where the bone and cartilage of limbs fail to grow in normal size (dwarfism)
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Amputation |
Removal of a limb or other appendage |
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Crepitation |
Crackling sound produced by the grating of
broken bones |
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Dislocation |
Displacement of bone from a joint |
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Fracture |
Sudden breaking of bone
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Laminectomy |
Removal of part of the vertebral arch to relief pressure from a rupture |
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Lordosis |
Downward or ventral curvature of the lumbar spine
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Orthopedic |
Branch of surgery dealing with the skeletal system
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Osteoporosis |
Decreased bone density due to loss of bone tissue |
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Lameness |
Incapable of normal locomotion |
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Luxation |
Displacement of a bone from its joint (dislocation) |
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Subluxation |
Partial displacement of a bone or joint |
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Abduction |
Movement away from the mid-line of the body
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Adduction |
Movement toward the mid-line of the body |
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Atrophy |
No development due to a decrease from the normal cell size |
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Hyperplasia |
Increased development due to an increase in cell number |
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Hypertrophy |
Excessive development due to increase in cell size |
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Hypoplasia |
Incomplete development due to decrease in cell number |
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Tenosynovitis |
Inflammation of the tendon and tendon sheath |
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Tetany |
Continuous muscle spasms or twitching |