Oste/o Wordlist

Miscellaneous

  ossicle

Any small bone

Miscellaneous

  ossiferous

Composed of or forming bone or bony tissue (from the Latin verb ferre – to carry, bear, or produce)

Therapy Words

  osteoplasty

Surgical repair of a bone

Therapy Words

  osteorrhaphy

Suturing or wiring of bone (fragments) –from the Greek word rhaphe = a seam or suture

Therapy Words

  osteostixis

Therapeutic puncture of a bone

Therapy Words

  osteotomy

The operation for cutting through a bone

Pathology Word

  osteomyelitis

Inflammation of bone (marrow) from the Greek word muelos = “bone marrow”

Pathology Word

  osteosarcoma

Malignant tumor of the bone, from the Greek word sarx meaning flesh, and –oma a suffix meaning tumor.

Pathology Word

  osteoma

A tumor of bone tissue, from the Greek words osteon = bone + -oma a suffix meaning tumor

Pathology Word

  osteopathy

Any bone disease, from Greek pathos meaning disease

Pathology Word

  ostitis

Inflammation of the bone

Pathology Word

  osteosclerosis

Hardening of a bone from the Greek words osteon + skleros meaning hard

Pathology Word

  osteoporosis

Increased porosity of bone

Pathology Word

  osteoarthritis

Chronic disease involving the joints