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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Combining Form (Root Word plus Combining Vowel) Meaning | |
| articul/o joint | |
| cardi/o, 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, tendin/o tendon | |
| tens/o stretched; strained | |
| ton/o tone; tension | |
| vers/o turn; turning | |
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| Prefixes and Meanings | |
| Prefix Meaning | |
| 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; above normal; excessive | |
| hypo- below; below normal; deficient | |
| in- in; into; not | |
| par-, para- near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal | |
| quadri- four | |
| tachy- fast | |
| tri- three | |
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| Suffixes and Meanings | |
| Suffix Meaning | |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ic pertaining to | |
| -algia pain | |
| -asthenia weakness | |
| -cele hernia; swelling; protrusion | |
| -ceps heads (attachments) | |
| -dynia pain | |
| -ectomy surgical removal; excision | |
| -esthesia sensation | |
| -gram record; image | |
| -graphy process of recording | |
| -ia condition | |
| -ion process; state; condition | |
| -itis inflammation | |
| -logy study of | |
| -lysis breakdown; 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; incision | |
| -tonia tone; tension | |
| -trophy condition of growth or development | |
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