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Terminology
Term | Definition |
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ankylo | stiffness, bent, crooked |
arthro | joint |
brachio | arm |
cervico | neck, cervix uteri |
claviculo | clavicle |
costo | ribs |
dactylo | fingers, toes |
fascio | band, fascia |
femoro | femur |
humero | humerus |
kypho | humpback |
lamino | lamina |
lordo | curve, sway back |
metacarpo | metacarpus |
musculo | muscle |
myo | muscle |
myelo | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myoso | muscle |
ortho | straight |
osteo | bone |
patello | patella |
pedi | foot, child |
pedo | foot, child |
pelvi | pelvis |
pelvo | pelvis |
podo | foot |
rachio | spine |
radio | radius, radiation, xray |
rhabdomyo | rod shaped muscle |
sacro | sacrum |
sarco | flesh |
scolio | crooked, bent |
spondylo | vertebrae |
teno | tendon |
tendo | tendon |
tendino | tendon |
thoraco | chest |
tibio | tibia |
vertebro | vertebrae |
-ad | toward |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-ate | having the form of, possessing |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasia | to break, surgical fracture |
-clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
-clast | to break, surgical fracture |
-cure | care |
-cyte | cell |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-dynia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-iatry | medicine, treatment |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | condition |
-ist | specialist |
-itis | inflammation |
-kinesia | movement |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-malacia | softening |
-metry | act of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pexy | fixation |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-plegia | paralysis |
-porosis | porous |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
-scopy | visual examination |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-tension | to stretch |
-tomy | incision |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
-um | structure, thing |