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Muscular System
Combing forms, Prefix, and suffix'es
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| articul/o | joint |
| card/o | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| duct/o | to lead: to carry |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fasci/o | fibrous band: fascia |
| flex/o | to bend |
| kines/o | to bend |
| kinesi/o | to bend |
| lei/o | smooth |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myo | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| son/o | sound |
| tax/o | condition; order |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tens/o | stretched ;strained |
| ton/o | tone; tension |
| vers/o | turn; turning |
| a- , an- | not; without |
| ab- | away; away from |
| ad- | toward |
| bi- | two; both |
| brady- | slow |
| circum | around |
| dorsi | back |
| dys | painful; difficult |
| e-,ex | out; away from |
| hemi | half |
| hyper | above normal; excessive |
| hypo | below normal; defiant |
| in | in, into, not |
| par, para | near, beside, beyond, abnormal |
| poly | many |
| quadri | four |
| trachy | fast |
| tri- | three |
| ac | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| ar | pertaining to |
| aic | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| asthenia | weakness |
| cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| ceps | heads (attachment) |
| dynia | pain |
| ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| esthesia | sensation |
| gram | record; image |
| graphy | process of; recording |
| ia | condition |
| ion | process, state, condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lysis | breakdown |
| malacia | softening |
| oma | mass |
| paresis | weakness |
| penia | defincantcy |
| pelgia | paralysis |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| scopy | visual examine using a scope |
| tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| tonia | tone; tension |
| trophy | condition of, growth, or developement |