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MED TERM CHAP 4

WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES

QuestionAnswer
ANKYL/O crooked, bent, stiff
ARTHR/O joint
ARTICUL/O joint
ASTEHEN/O weakness, lack of strength
CHONDR/O cartilage
FASCI/O face, form
FIBR/O, FIBROS/O fiber, fibrous connective tissue
HERNI/O hernia
KINESI/O movement
MUSCUL/O muscle
MY/O, MYOS/O muscle
SPHINCTER/O tight band
TAX/O cooridination, order
TEN/O, TEND/O, TENDIN/O tendon
TON/O tension, tone, stretching
A no, not, without, away from, negative
BI two, double,twice
BRADY slow
DYS bad, difficult, painful
ELECTRO electricity
HEMI half
HYPER increased, excessive
HYPO decreased, defidient
POLY many
QUADRI four
TRI three
AL pertaining to
ALGIA pain, painful condition
ASTHENIA weakness, lack of strength
CELE hernia, tumor, swelling
CEPS head
CLONUS violent action
DESIS surgical fixation of a bone or joint, to bind, tie together
ECTOMY surgical removal, cutting out, excision
GRAM a picture or record
IA abnormal condition or disease, plural of ium
IC pertaining to
ITIS inflammation
IUM structure, tissue
KINESIA movement
LYSIS breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening
MALACIA abnormal softening
NECROSIS tissue death
OLOGY the science or study of
OTOMY surgical incision, cutting
PARESIS partial or imcomplete paralysis
PATHY disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
PLASTY surgical repair
PLEGIA paralysis, stroke
RRHAPHY surgical suturing
RRHEXIS rupture
SCLEROSIS abnormal hardening
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