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Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |