combining forms 1
acr/o
extremities
chir
hand
femor
thigh bone
menisc
meniscus, cartilage in the knee joint
physi
nature, function
scoli
crooked/ bent
a-,an-
not, without
sub
below, under
-graph
instrucment for recording
-scope
instrument used to view
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff, fused together
chondr
cartilage
fibul
fibula, lower leg bone
myel
bone marrow, spinal cord
por
opening, passage way, porous
sinistr
to the left
ambi-
both sides
supra-
above
-ism
process, condition
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
arthr/o
joint
clavicul
clavicle, collarbones
humer
humerous, upper arm bone
narc
numbness, sleep, stupor
pod
foot
spondyl
vertebra, backbone
anti-
against
syn-
together, with
- itis
inflammation
-tomy
process of cutting, incision
branchi
arm
cost
rib
hy
hyoid bone
nas
nose
pub
pubis, public region
ster
solid structure, steroid
inter-
between
-al, -an-, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-malacia
softening
-logy
study of
burs
bursa ( sac of fluid near a joint )
crani
skull
ili
ilium, top of hip bone
orth
straight
pyret
fever
stern
sternum, breastbone
intra
within, into
pain
-oid
like, resembling
-osis
process, abnormal condition
calcane
calcaneus, heel bone
cubit
elbow
kyph
humpback
oste
bone
rachi
spine, vertebrea
styl
column, pillar, tube
meta-
change, beyond
-ation
process, condition
-oma
tumor, mass
-tome
instrument used to cut thin sections
carp
wrist
dactyl
digits (fingers or toes)
ligament
ligament
patell
patella, kneecap
rheumat
watery flow
synovi
lubricating fluid of joints
poly
many, much
-centesis
surgical puntcure to remove fluid
-penia
deficiency
-plasty
surgical repair
cervic
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
dextr
to the right
lord
curve, swayback
ped
foot, child
rhin
nose
tars/o
ankle
peri-
around, surrounding
-clast
to break down, destroy
-physis
growth, growth plate
-ema
condition
lumb
lumbar region, loin
lux
slide
mandibul
mandible, lower jaw bone
phalange
phalages, fingers and toes
sacr/o
sacrum
ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o
tendon
non-
not
-ectomy
surgical removal, excision
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
-therapy
treatment