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Medical Terninology
skeletal system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | absence of, without |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | towards |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | painful, difficult, abnormal, labored |
| hyper- | above , excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within , in |
| poly- | many, much |
| sub- | below, under |
| supra- | above |
| sym- | together, joined |
| syn- | together , joined |
| ankyl/o | stiff, bent |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| carp/o | carpals, wrist |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavic/o | clavical, collarbone |
| clavicul/o | clavicle , collarbone |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| disk/o | intervertebral disk |
| femor/o | femur, upper leg bone |
| fibul/o | fibula, lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus, upper arm bone |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| kyph/o | increased convexity of the spine |
| lord/o | bent forward, increased concavity of the spine |
| lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jaw bone |
| maxill/o | maxilla, upper jawbone |
| menisc/o | meniscus , crescent |
| myel/o | marrow (bone), spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella , kneecap |
| pelv/i | pelvis, pelvic bone |
| pelv/o | pelvic , pelvic bone |
| petr/o | stone |
| phalang/o | bones of the finger and toes |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rachi/o | vertebral spine, vertebral column |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula, shoulder blade |
| scoli/o | crooked , curved |
| spondyl;/o | vertebra , spine , vertebral column |
| stern/o | sternum , breast bone |
| tars/o | tarsals, ankle bones |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia , lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna, lower arm bone |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, spine, vertebral column |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -clasia | break |
| -clasis | break |
| -clast | break |
| -desis | surgical fixation , fusion |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal, cutting out |
| -gram | the record, radiographic imaging |
| -graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | loosening, separating, dissolution |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | abnormal reduction |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rraphy | suturing, repairing |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| -scopy | process of viewing , visual examination |
| -tomy | inscision , cut into |
| -trophy | nourishment , development |
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