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Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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ankyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa (cavity) |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavic/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
disk/o | intervertebral disk |
femor/o | femor (upper leg bone) |
fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium |
ischi/o | ischium |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
kyph/o | hump |
lamin/o | lamina |
lord/o | bent forward |
lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
my/o | muscle |
menisc/o | meniscus |
myel/o | bone marrow |
myos/o | muscle |
oste/o | muscle |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis, pelvic bone |
pelv/o | pelvis, pelvic bone |
petr/o | stone |
phalang/o | philanges |
pub/o | pubis |
rachi/o | spine, |
radi/o | radius |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapul/o | scapula |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum |
synovi/o | synovia, synovial membrane |
tars/o | tarsals |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
tibi/o | tibia |
uln/o | ulna |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
inter- | between |
supra- | above |
sym- | together, joined |
syn- | together, joined |
-asthenia | weakness |
-clasia | break |
-clasis | break |
-clast | break |
-desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
-physis | growth |
-schisis | split, fissure |