Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0335 short lesson, about 20 seconds
spondyl/o: Vertebra
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The idea
The combining form spondyl slash o also names a vertebra, and appears chiefly in terms naming conditions.
In practice
Spondylitis is inflammation of a vertebra.
Where people slip
Vertebr slash o tends to appear in anatomical terms, spondyl slash o in disease terms.
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