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Unit 3- Emerson W
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| articul/o | joint |
| card/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 tendon/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 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 |
| -ac -al -ar -ic, | pertaining to |
| -algia, | pain |
| -astenia, | weakness |
| -cele, | hernia swelling protusion |
| -ceps, | heads(attachments) |
| -dynia, | pain |
| -ectomy, | surgical removal excision |
| -estesia, | sensation |
| -gram, | record image |
| -graphy, | process of recording |
| -ia, | condition |
| -ion, | process state condition |
| -itis, | inflamation |
| -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 |