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ankyl/o   stiffness; bent; crooked  
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arthr/o   joint  
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brachi/o   arm  
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cervic/o   neck; cervix uteri  
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clavicul/o   calvicle (collar bone)  
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cost/o   ribs  
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dactyl/o   finers; toes  
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fasci/o   band; fascia  
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femor/o   femur (thigh bone)  
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humer/o   humerus  
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kyph/o   humpback  
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lamin/o   lamina  
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lord/o   curve; swayback  
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metacarp/o   metacorpus  
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muscul/o   muscle  
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my/o   muscle  
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myel/o   bone marrow; spinal cord  
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myos/o   muscle  
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orth/o   straight  
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oste/o   bone  
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patell/o   patella (knee cap)  
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ped/i   foot; child  
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pelv/i   pelvis  
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pelv/o   pelvis  
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pod/o   foot  
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rachi/o   spine  
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radi/o   radiation; x-ray  
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rhabdomy/o   rod-shaped muscle  
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sacr/o   flesh; connective tissue  
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scoli/o   crooked; bent  
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spondyl/o   vertebrae  
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ten/o   tendon  
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tend/o   tendon  
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tendin/o   tendon  
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thorac/o   chest  
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tibi/o   tibia  
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ped/o   foot; child  
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-ad   toward  
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-al   pertaining to  
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-algia   pain  
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-ar   pertaining to  
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-asthenia   weakness; debility  
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-ate   possesing  
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-blast   embryonic cell  
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-clasia   surgical fracture  
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-clasis   surgical fracture  
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-cure   care  
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-cyte   cell  
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-desis   binding; fixation  
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-dynia   pain  
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-eal   pertaining to  
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-ectomy   excision; removal  
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-graph   instrument for recording  
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-iatry   medicine; treatment  
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-ia   condition  
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-ic   pertaining to  
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-ism   condition  
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-ist   specialist  
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-itis   inflammation  
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-kinesia   movement  
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-logist   specialist in the study of  
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-malacia   softening  
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-metry   act of measuring  
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-oid   resembling  
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-oma   tumor  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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-pexy   fixation  
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-physis   growth  
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-plasty   surgical repair  
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-plegia   paralysis  
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-porosis   porous  
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-ptosis   prolapse  
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-sarcoma   malignant tumor of connective tissue  
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-scopy   visual examination  
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-spasm   involuntary contraction; twitching  
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-tension   to stretch  
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-tomy   incision  
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-trophy   development; nourishment  
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-um   structure; thing  
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a-, an-   without; not  
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brachy-   short  
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cine-   movement  
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dys-   bad; painful; difficult  
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epi-   above; upon  
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inter-   between  
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mega-   enlargement  
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meta-   change; beyond  
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micro-   small  
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quadri-   four  
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sub-   under; below  
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supra-   above; superior  
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sym-   union; together; joined  
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syn-   union; together; joined  
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ACL   anterior cruciate ligament  
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BE   below the elbow  
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BK   below the knee  
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C1,C2...   first cervical vertebrae, second cervical vertebrae...  
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Ca   calcium; cancer  
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CDH   congenital dislocation of hip  
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CO   coccygeal nerves  
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CTS   carpal tunnel syndrome  
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CT   computed tomography  
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DEXA,DXA   dual energy x-ray absorptiometry  
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DJD   degenerative joint disease  
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DO   Doctor of Osteopathic medicine  
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EMG   electromyography  
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Fx   fracture  
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HD   hip disarticulation  
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HNP   herniated nucleus pulposus  
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HP   hemipelvectomy  
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IM   intramuscular; infectious mononucleosis  
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IS   intracostal space  
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IV   intravenous  
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L1,L2...   first lumbar vertebrae, second lumbar vertebrae...  
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LS   lumbosacral spine  
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MG   myasthenia gravis  
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MRI   magnetic resonance imaging  
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MS   musculoskeletal  
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NSAIDs   nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs  
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ORTH/ortho   orthopedics  
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P   phosphorus; pulse  
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PCL   posterior cruciate ligament  
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RF   rheumatoid factor  
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RA   rheumatoid arthritis  
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ROM   range of motion  
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S1, S2...   first sacral vertebrae, second sacral vertebrae...  
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SD   shoulder disarticulation  
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T1,T2...   first thoracic vertebrae, second thoracic vertebrae...  
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THA   total hip arthroplasty  
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THR   total hip replacement  
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TKA   total knee arthroplasty  
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TKR   total knee replacement  
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TRAM   transverse rectus abdominis muscle  
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