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skeletal
Muscular skeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthro | joint |
| scope | instrument to look |
| electro | electricity |
| myo | muscle |
| gram | record |
| graphy | writing procedure |
| lord | bent |
| osis | condition |
| lordosis | abnormal curvature of the lumbar spine |
| cranio | skull |
| carp | wrist |
| malacia | softening |
| ost | bone |
| ex | out |
| scoli | crooked |
| kyph | bent |
| hemarthrosis | blood in a joint |
| spondylo | vertebra |
| spondylomalacia | softening of the vertebra |
| hydrarthrosis | fliud in a joint |
| py | pus |
| scler | hardening |
| tasis | expansion |
| myotasis | stretching of a muscle |
| tonia | tone |
| myosclerosis | hardening of a muscle |
| cele | hernia |
| poly | many |
| cost | rib |
| lysis | loss |
| spondylolysis | vertebrae loss |
| plasia | formation |
| arthropathy | disease of a joint |
| sten | narrowing |
| arthrosclerosis | condition of joint hardening |
| costochrondritis | inflammation of ribs and cartilage |
| aklylos | stiffening |
| osteopathy | disease of bone |
| osteopenia | deficiency of bone |
| osteomyelitis | inflammation of bone and bone marrow |
| listhesis | slipping |
| spondyolisthesis | slipping of the vertebra |
| dactylitis | inflammation of a finger |
| arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
| chrondro | cartilage |
| chrondromalacia | abnormal softening of the cartilage. |
| sarc | flesh |
| carcin | cancer |
| osteocarcinoma | bone cancer tumor |
| alge | pain |
| -sic | agent |
| analgesic | a drug that relieves pain |
| costectomy | removal of a rib |
| cranio | skull |
| craniotomy | incision into the skull |