Arthro-
A prefix meaning joint, as in arthropathy and arthroscopic.
Before a vowel, it becomes arthr-, as in arthralgia and arthritis.
From the Greek word arthron for joint.
Ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to join or to fit together
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