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What does Spondyl/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Spondyl/o refer to in medical terminology?
Vertabrae, vertebrae column
What does Kyph/o mean in medical terminology?
What does Kyph/o mean in medical terminology?
Humpback
What does Ankyl/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Ankyl/o refer to in medical terminology?
Stiff
What does Cyt/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Cyt/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Cephal/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Cephal/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Caud/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Caud/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Anter/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Anter/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Aden/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Aden/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Adip/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Adip/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Poster/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Poster/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Path/o, pathy refer to in medical terminology?
What does Path/o, pathy refer to in medical terminology?
What does Ex/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Ex/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Hist/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Hist/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Myel/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Myel/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does OS's/e, Oss/i, ost/o, oste/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does OS's/e, Oss/i, ost/o, oste/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Crani/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Crani/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Phleb/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Phleb/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Synovi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Synovi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Radi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Radi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Son/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Son/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Uria refer to in medical terminology?
What does Uria refer to in medical terminology?
What does Lord/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Lord/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Plasi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Plasi/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Albumin/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Albumin/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Scoli/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Scoli/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Lapar/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Lapar/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Hemat/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Hemat/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Calc/i refer to in medical terminology?
What does Calc/i refer to in medical terminology?
What does Arthr/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Arthr/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Chondr/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Chondr/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Cost/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Cost/o refer to in medical terminology?
What does Stasis, static refer to in medical terminology?
What does Stasis, static refer to in medical terminology?
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Study Notes
Prefixes and Roots in Medical Terminology
- Spondyl/o refers to the vertebrae or vertebral column.
Words Relating to Body Structure
- Kyph/o refers to a humpback.
- Cephal/o refers to the head.
- Caud/o refers to the lower part of the body or tail.
- Crani/o refers to the skull.
- Cost/o refers to the rib.
- Phleb/o refers to a vein.
Words Relating to Body Functions and Conditions
- Ankyl/o refers to stiffness.
- Lord/o refers to swayback.
- Scoli/o refers to something that is bent or curved.
Words Relating to Body Parts and Substances
- Cyt/o refers to a cell.
- Aden/o refers to a gland.
- Adip/o refers to fat.
- Hist/o refers to tissue.
- Myel/o refers to the spinal cord or bone.
- OS's/e, Oss/i, ost/o, oste/o refer to bone.
- Chondr/o refers to cartilage.
- Arthr/o refers to a joint.
Words Relating to Direction and Location
- Anter/o refers to something that is in front of or before.
- Poster/o refers to something that is behind or after.
- Ex/o refers to something that is outside.
Words Relating to Diagnosis and Treatment
- Path/o, pathy refer to disease.
- Radi/o refers to X-ray.
- Son/o refers to sound.
- Uria refers to urine.
- Hemat/o refers to blood.
- Calc/i refers to calcium.
- Lapar/o refers to the abdomen.
Miscellaneous Words
- Plasi/o refers to something that is formative or material of.
- Albumin/o refers to protein.
- Stasis, static refer to the maintenance of a constant environment.
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