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