medical terminology- Chapter 3 root words

ost, oste, oss/e, oss/i, oste/o, ost/o

=

bones

myel, myel/o

=

spinal cord, bone marrow

chondr, chondr/i, chondr/o

=

cartilage

arthr, arthr/o

=

joint 

ligament/o

=

ligaments

synov, synovi/o, synov/o

=

synovial membrane or synovial fluid

burs, burs/o

=

bursa

ankyl, ankyl/o

=

crooked, bent , stiff 

cost, cost/o

=

rib

crani/o

=

skull

-desis

=

to bind, tie together

kyph, kyph/o

=

bent, hump

lord, lord/o

=

curve, swayback, bent 

lumb, lumb/o

=

lumbar, lower back 

scoli, scoli/o

=

curved, bent

spondyl, spondyl/o

=

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

peri-

=

surrounding 

-um

ending

end-

=

within 

hem, hemat/o

=

blood 

-poietic

=

pertaining to formation 

burs

=

bursa 

capsul

=

little box 

-itis

=

inflammation 

-sclerosis

=

abnormal hardening 

-malacia

=

abnormal softening 

poly-

= 

many

my

=

muscle

-algia

=

pain

synov

=

synovial membrane 

-osis

=

abnormal condition or disease 

ankylosing

=

progressive stiffening of a joint or joints

-ago

=

diseased condition 

-listhesis

=

slipping 

a-

=

without 

vascul

= 

blood vessels 

-ar

=

to

necrosis

=

tissue death 

myel

=

bone marrow

radicul/o

=

root or nerve 

-pathy

=

disease

-oma

=

tumor 

por=

small opening

-penia

=

deficiency

-scopy

visual examination

-desis

= 

bind, tie together 

-ectomy

=

surgical removal 

plasty

=

surgical repair

vertebr/o

=

vertebrae

lamin

=

lamina 

crani

=

skull 

end-

=

within

-um

=

noun ending

-al, -ac, -ar

=

pertaining to 

sacr/o

=

sacrum 

ili 

=

ilum

-path

=

disease 

pod

= 

foot 

-iatrist

=

specialist 

-algia

pain

ankylosing

=

progressive stiffening of a joint or joints 

necrosis

tissue death

-otomy

a surgical incision