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GreenTerminology
Question | Answer |
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ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
cervic/o | neck, cervix, uteri |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cost/o | ribs |
dactyl/o | fingers,toes |
faci/o | face |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
metacarp/o | metacarpus |
muscul/o my/o myos/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
ped/i ped/o | foot; child |
pelv/I pelv/o | pelvis |
pod/o | foot |
rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
sacr/o | sacrum |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
thorac/o | chest |
tibi/o | tibia (larger lower leg bone - shin) |
-ad | toward |
-al -ar -eal -ic | pertaining to |
-algia -dynia | pain |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasia -clasis -clast | to break, surgical fracture |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
-ia -ism | condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesia | movement |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pexy | fixation |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-ptosis | prolapse |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-tomy | incision |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-um | structure, thing |
a-, an- | not, without |
brachy- | short |
cine- | movement |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
inter- | between |
mega- | enlargement |
meta- | change, beyond |
quadri- | four |
sub- | under, below |
supra- | above, excessive, superior |
sym- syn- | union, joined together |
ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
BE | below the elbow |
BK | below the knee |
C1, C2, ... | first cervical vertebrae, second... |
Ca | calcium, cancer |
CDH | congenital dislocation of the hip |
CO | coccygeal nerves |
CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
CT | computed tomography |
DEXA, DXA | dual energy x-ray absorptiometry |
DJD | degenerative joint disease |
DO | Doctor of Osteopathy |
EMG | electromyography |
Fx | fracture |
HD | hip disarticulation |
HNP | herniated nucleus pulposus (herniated disk) |
HP | hemipelvectomy |
IM | intramuscular |
IS | intracostal space |
IV | intervenous |
L1, L2, ... | lumbar vertebrae |
LS | lumbosacral spine |
MG | myasthenia gravis |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MS | musculoskelectal, multiple sclerosis |
NSAIDs | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
ORTH, ortho | orthopedics |
P | phosphorous |
PCL | posterior cruciate ligament |
RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
RF | rheumatoid factor |
ROM | range of motion |
S1, S2, ... | first sacral vertebrae, second... |
SD | shoulder disarticulation |
T1, T2, ... | first thoracic vertebrae, second... |
THA | total hip arthroplasty |
THR | total hip replacement |
TKA | total knee arthroplasty |
TKR | total knee replacement |
TRAM | transverse rectus abdominis muscle (flap) |