Prefix
What is the meaning of peri-?
What is around?
What is the meaning of arthr/o-?
What is joint?
What is the meaning of -lytic
kill, break down; destroy?
What is the medical term for the pain in the bone?
what is ostealgia?
What is the meaning of -ectomy?
surgical removal
What is the meaning of mono-?
One side
What is the meaning of chondr/o
Cartilage
What is the meaning of -clasis?
to break
What is the medical term for inflammation of the bursa?
What is bursitis?
What is the meaning of -tomy?
What is process of cutting; incision?
What is the meaning of para-?
Both legs and lower part of body
What is the meaning of Oss/e
Bone
What is the meaning of -porosis
What is abnormal condition of small holes?
Ligaments are part of this body system.
What is skeletal?
What is the suffix for softening?
What is -malacia?
What is the meaning of hypo-?
Low or not sufficient
What is the meaning of Myel/o
Spinal cord
Name the suffix for tumor.
What is -oma?
What does the med term osteoplasty mean?
Surgical repair of bone
What is the meaning of osteopenia
mild thinning of bones
What is the medical terminology Hemi?
One side of body
What is the medical terminology for my/o
Muscle
What does the suffix -rrhaphy mean?
to suture, stitch or wiring
What does the medical term Osteochondroma mean?
tumor of bone and cartilage
What does the medical terminology osteonecrosis mean?
Death of bone