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Suffix
Word Roots
Pathology of the Skeletal System
Word Building
100
oste/o-
What is bone
100
-oma
What is tumor, neoplasm
100
burs/o
What is bursa, sac of fluid near joint
100
a pain in the joint
What is arthalgia
100
scoli-/ -osis/
What is abnormal lateral curve of the spine
200
arthr/o-
What is joint
200
-osis
What is abnormal ondition, disease
200
ankyl/o
What is crooked,bent ,stiff
200
adnormal softening of of the cartilage
What is chondromalacia
200
peri-/ osteo/ osis/
What is abnormal condition surounding the bone
300
chondr/o-
What is cartilage
300
-ectomy
What is surgical removal
300
hemat/o
What is blood, relating to blood
300
stiffness in the joints
What is arthrosclerosis
300
vertebr-/ -al/
What is pertaining to the back bone
400
cost/o-
What is ribs
400
-poietic
What is formation to make
400
lord/o
What is curved, swayed, bent
400
slow growing benign tumor derived from cartilage cells
What is chondroma
400
osteo-/ -ectomy/
What is surgical removal of the bone
500
kyph/o-
What is bent,hump
500
-desis
What is surgical fixation of bone joint, to bind, tie together
500
lumb/o
What is lower back
500
inflammation of the synovial membrane that results in swelling and pain
What is synovitis
500
cranio-/ -plasty/
What is surgical repair of the skull
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