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A-

Away from; without

Vascul/o

Blood vessel

-Ar

Pertaining to

Necr/o

Dead body; dead tissue

-osis

Abnormal conditions process

Oste/o

Bone

-Oma

Mass; tumor

Sarc/o

Connective tissue

Gen/o

Arising from; produced by

-Ic

Pertaining to

Fract/o

Bend; break up

-ure

Result of; system

Path/o

Disease

Mal-

Bad inadequate

Align/o

Arranged in a straight line

-Ment

Action; state

Comminut/o

Break into Small pieces

-Ed

Pertaining to

Compress/o

Press together

-Ion

Action condition

Depress/o

Press down

Spir/o

Breathe; coil

Trans-

Across; through

-Verse

Travel; turn

Malac/o

Softening

-Ia

Condition; State; thing

Myel/o

Bone marrow; myelin; spinal cord

-Itis

Infection of; inflammation of

Por/o

Pores; smallopenings

De-

Reversal of; without

Mineral/o

Electrolyte; mineral

-ization

Process of creating; process of inserting; process of making

Ankyl/o

Fused together; stiff

-osing

Abnormal condition of making

Spondyl/o

Vertebra

Kyph/o

Bent; humpbacked

Scoli/o

Crooked; curved

Lord/o

Sway back

-Tic

Pertaining to

Dextr/o

Right; sugar

Lev/o

Left

-listhesis

Abnormal condition of slipping

Arthr/o

Joint

Alg/o

Pain

-Pathy

Disease

Chrond/o

Cartilage

Dis-

Away from; lack of

Locat/o

Place

Congenit/o

Present at birth

-Phyte

Growth

Gener/o

Creation; production

-Ative

Pertaining to

Rheumat/o

Watery discharge

-oid

Resembling

Sub-

Below; underneath; less than

Luxat/o

Displacement

-graphy

Process of recording

- gram

Picture; record

Densit/o

Density

-metry

Process of measuring

DEXA

Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Tom/o

Cut; layer; slice

Scint/i

Point of light

Reduct/o

Bring back; decrease

Extra-

Outside

Corpor/o

Body

-eal

Pertaining to

Goni/o

Angle

-Meter

Instrument used to measure

Physic/o

Body

Prosth/o

Artificial part

-esis

Abnormal condition; process

-etic

Pertaining to

An-

Not-without

Alges/o

Sensation of pain

Re-

Again and again; backward; unable to

Sorpt/o

Absorb

Cortic/o

Cortex; outer region

Articul/o

Joint

Steroid/o

Steroid

Inflammat/o

Redness and warmth

-ory

Having the function of

Amput/o

Cut Off

-ee

Person who is the object of an action; thing that is the object of an action

-Centesis

Procedure to puncture

-Desis

Procedure to fuse together

-Scopy

Process of using an instrument to examine

-Scope

Instrument used to examine

Scop/o

Examine with an instrument

Aut/o

Self

-Graft

Tissue for implant or transplant

All/o

Other; strange

Bunion/o

Bunion

-Ectomy

Surgical removal

Transplant/o

Move and put in another place

Extern/o

Outside

Fixat/o

Make stable

-plasty

Process of reshaping by surgery