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GreenTerminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Created by:
Barbara Ross
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