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Prefixes
Muskuloskeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tibi/o | tibia |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tenden |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| scoli/o | crooked bent |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| radi/o | radius |
| rachi/o | spine |
| pod/o | foot |
| pelv/I pelv/o | pelvis |
| ped/I ped/o | foot |
| patell/o | patella, kneecap |
| oste/o | bone |
| orth/o | straight |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myos/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| medtacarp/o | metacarpals - handbones |
| lord/0 | curve, swayback |
| lamin/o | lamina, part of vertebral arch |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| humer/o | humerous (arm) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fasci/o | faschia, fibrous band |
| dactyl/o | fingers and toes |
| cost/o | ribs |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cervic/o | neck |
| brachi/o | arm |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| SUFFIXES MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY | |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -astenia | weakness debility |
| -ate | having the form of, possessing |
| -blast | embryonic cell |
| -clasia -clasis -clast | to break (surgical feature) |
| -cure | care |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | binding, fixation of a joint |
| -dynia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectomy | excision removal |
| -graph | instrument for measuring |
| -iatry | medicine treeatment |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -metry | act of measure |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -porosis | porous |
| -ptosis | prolapse downward |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -tension | to stretch |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| -um | structure thing |
| PREFIXES MUSKULOSKELETAL | |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| brachy- | short |
| cine- | movement |
| dys- | bad painful difficult |
| epi- | above, upon |
| inter- | between |
| mega- | enlargement |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| micro- | small |
| quadri | four |
| sub- | under below |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| sym-, syn- | union, together, joined |
Created by:
Kathy vandevenne
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