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Terminology
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acromi/o | acromion |
| ankyl/o | stiffness/bent/crooked |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ax/o | axis/axon |
| blast/o | embryonic cell |
| brachi/o | arm |
| calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
| carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck/cervix uteri |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cinemat/o | things that move |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cruci/o | cross |
| dactyl/o | fingers/toes |
| faci/o | face |
| fasci/o | fascia/band |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber/fibrous tissue |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kinet/o | movement |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lei/o | smooth |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle |
| lord/o | curve/swayback |
| lumb/o | loins |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bones) |
| micr/o | small |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow/spinal cord |
| myos/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/i | foot/child |
| ped/o | foot/child |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pelvis bone |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radiation/xray/radius |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped muscle |
| roentgen/o | xrays |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | cooked/bent |
| sequestr/o | separation |
| sin/o | sinus/cavity |
| sinus/o | sinus/cavity |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synov/o | synovial membrane/synovial fluid |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| trabecul/o | trabecula |
| tubercul/o | a little swelling |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| xiph/o | sword |
| -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/increase |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -porosis | porous |
| -ptosis | prolaspe/downward displacement |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor of connective tissue |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary movement/twitching |
| -tension | to stretch |
| -tomy | incision |
| -trophy | development/nourishment |
| -um | structure/thing |
| a- an- | without/not` |
| brachy- | short |
| cine- | movement |
| dys- | painful/bad/difficult |
| epi- | above/upon |
| inter- | between |
| mega- | enlargement |
| meta- | change/beyond |
| micro- | small |
| quadri- | four |
| sub- | under/below |
| supra- | above/excessive/superior |
| sym- | union/joined/together |
| syn- | union/joined/together |
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