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Illnesses
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Suffix
Anatomy
Word Roots
100
Inflammation of a Joint
What is Arthritis? Arthr/o (joint); -itis (Inflammation)
100
Between
What is inter- ? Example: interosseous (between bones)
100
Abnormal condition.
What is -osis? Example:osteoporosis (condition of porous bones)
100
Chest
What is thorax?
100
Root word meaning bone.
What is ost/e/o ?
200
Lateral Curvature of the Spine
What is scoliosis? scoli/o (twisted); -sis (condition)
200
Absence
What is an- ? Example: Analgesics (medication to relieve pain)
200
Surgical removal
What is -ectomy? example: arthrectomy (excision of joint)
200
Radius, Ulna, & Humerus
What is bones in the arm? Ulna and Radius located in the forearm Humerus is the long bone extending from the shoulder to the forearm.
200
Root Word meaning Skeleton.
What is skelet/o?
300
Injury to a ligament
What is a sprain?
300
Both sides
What is amphi- ? Example: Amphiarthrosis (Joint with little movement)
300
The study of
What is -logy ? Example: Rheumatology (Study of joints and connective tissue)
300
Knee cap
What is Patella?
300
Joint
What is arthr/o?
400
Softening of a bone
What is osteomalacia? oste/o (bone); -malacia (softening)
400
Inside
What is endo - ? Example: Endosteum (inner membrane layer of the bone)
400
Enlargement
What is -megaly ? Example: Dactylomegaly (enlargement of one or more fingers or toes)
400
Tailbone.
What is the coccyx?
400
Flux
What is rheumat/o?
500
Disease due to vitamin D deficiency
What is Rickets?
500
Upon
What is epi- ? Example: Epiphysis (end of the long bone)
500
Pain
What is -algia? Example: Arthralgia (pain in a joint)
500
Ilium, Ischium, Pubis
What are the bones in the hip? Ilium, Ischium, and Pubis are the 3 bones fused together to form the hip bone.
500
Finger or Toe
What is dactyl/o? Example: Dactylomegaly (enlargement of one or more fingers or toes)