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