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Terminology Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion |
| ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ax/o | axis, axon |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/0 | neck, cervix , uteri |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cinemat/o | things that move |
| clavicul/o | clavical (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tail bone) |
| condyl/o | condyle (rounded protuberance at the end of the bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cruci/o | cross |
| dactyl/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus (sac) |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | band, fascia |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fibre, fibrous tissue |
| fibul/o | fibula ( smaller lower leg bone) |
| humer/o | humerus ( upper arm) |
| ili/o | ilium ( flaring of the hip bone) |
| ischi/o | lower part of the hip bone |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kinet/o | movement |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (vertebra arch) |
| lei/o | smooth |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscule |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
| micr/o | small |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (knee bone) |
| ped/i | foot, child |
| ped/o | foot, child |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of the pelvis) |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation ,x-ray, radius (lower arm) |
| rhadb/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (Muscle) |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh connected tissue |
| scapula/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| sequestr/o | separation |
| sin/o | sinus cavity |
| sinus/o | sinus cavity |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia (larger bone in lower leg) |
| trabecul/o | trabecular (supporting bundles of fibres) |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone near thumb) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
| xiph/o | sword |
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