Meaning
rootoste/o
bone
GreekMusculoskeletal
Terms built from oste/o
9 terms in the TermDecode library use this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with oste/o marked.
oste/o decoded step by step
3 library terms, read one part at a time.
- The root oste/o means “bone”.
- The root myel/o means “marrow”.
- The suffix -itis means “inflammation”.
- Together: Infection and inflammation of bone and bone marrow.
- The root oste/o means “bone”.
- The root chondr/o means “cartilage”.
- The suffix -itis means “inflammation”.
- Together: Inflammation of bone and cartilage.
- The root oste/o means “bone”.
- The root por/o means “pore”.
- The suffix -osis means “condition”.
- Together: Condition of porous, brittle bones due to loss of bone density.
Parts that combine with oste/o
Word parts that appear alongside oste/o in a library term’s breakdown, with how many terms pair them.
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