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Muscles
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Articul/o | Joint |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Duct/o | To lead; to carry |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Fasci/o | Fibrous band; fascia |
| Fibr/o | Fiber |
| Flex/o | To bend |
| Kines/o, Kinesi/o | Movement |
| Lei/o | Smooth |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| My/o, myos/o | Muscle |
| Myocardi/o | Heart muscle |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Orth/o | Straight; normal |
| Ped/o | Child; foot |
| Plant/o | Sole of the foot |
| Radi/o | X-rays |
| Rhabd/o | Rod shaped |
| Sarc/o | Flesh; connective tissue |
| Son/o | Sound |
| Tax/o | Coordination; order |
| Ten/o, Tendin/o, Tendon/o | Tendon |
| Tens/o | Stretched; strained |
| Ton/o | Tone; tension |
| Vers/o | Turn; turning |
| in- | In; into; not |
| Par-, para- | Near, beside |
| Quadri- | Four |
| Tachy- | Fast |
| Tri- | Three |
| A-, an- | Not; without |
| Ab- | Away; away from |
| Ad | Toward |
| Bi- | Two |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Circum- | Around |
| Dorsi- | Back |
| Dys- | Painful; difficult |
| E-, ex- | Out; away from |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Hyper- | Above; excessive |
| Hypo- | Below; deficient |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic | Pertaining to |
| -algia | Pain |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -cele | Hernia; swelling; protrusion |
| -ceps | Head (attachments) |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal |
| -esthesia | Sensation |
| -gram | Record; image |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ion | Process; state; condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -lysis | Breaking down; separation; loosening |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -oma | Tumor; mass |
| -paresis | Weakness |
| -penia | Deficiency |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -plegic | Pertaining to paralysis |
| -rrhexis | Rupture |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | Visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | Process of cutting |
| -tonia | Tone;tension |
| -trophy | Condition of growth or development |