med term ch 3 word parts
-ago
abnormal condition, disease
-osis
abnormal condition, disease
-stenosis
abnormal narrowing
-malacia
abnormal softening
prosth/o, prosthet/o
addition, appendage
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
valg/o
bent or twisted outward
kyph/o
bent, hump
oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o
bone
-clasis, -clast
break down
-lysis
breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
chondr/o, chondr/i
cartilage
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
scoli/o
curved, bent
-penia
deficiency, lack, too few
plas/l, plas/o
development, growth, formation
per-
excessive, through
talip/o
foot and ankle deformity
-itis
inflammation
ligament/o
ligament
lumb/o
lower back, loin
poly-
many
all/o, all-
other, different from normal, reversal
-algia
pain, suffering, painful condition
-ous
possessing, full of, characterized by
cost/o
rib
aut/o
self
-um
singular noun ending
crani/o
skull
-listhesis
slipping
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
spin/o
spine, backbone
bifid/o
split, divided into two parts
-ation
state or action
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out, excision
-plasty
surgical repair
-rrhaphy
surgical suturing
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
-desis
to bind, tie together
lux/o
to slide
-oma
tumor, neoplasm
sub-
under, less, below
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone