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ankyl/o
WR: stiffness; bent, crooked
TERM 2
arthr/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: joint
TERM 3
calc/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: calcium
TERM 4
calcane/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: calcaneum (heel bone)
TERM 5
carp/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: carpus (wrist bones)
cephal/o
WR: head
TERM 7
cervic/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
TERM 8
chondr/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: cartilage
TERM 9
cost/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: ribs
TERM 10
crani/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: cranium (skull)
encephal/o
WR: brain
TERM 12
fasci/o
DEFINITION 12
WR: band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and
separating muscles)
TERM 13
femor/o
DEFINITION 13
WR: femur (thigh bone)
TERM 14
fibr/o
DEFINITION 14
WR: fiber, fibrous tissue
TERM 15
fibul/o
DEFINITION 15
WR: fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg)
humer/o
WR: humerus (upper arm bone)
TERM 17
lamin/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: lamina (part of vertebral arch)
TERM 18
leiomy/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: smooth muscle (visceral)
TERM 19
lumb/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: loin (lower back)
TERM 20
metacarp/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: metacarpus (hand bones)
myel/o
WR: bone marrow; spinal cord
TERM 22
muscul/o, my/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: muscle
TERM 23
orth/o
DEFINITION 23
WR: straight
TERM 24
oste/o
DEFINITION 24
WR: bone
TERM 25
patell/o
DEFINITION 25
WR: patella (kneecap)
pelv/i, pelv/o
WR: pelvis
TERM 27
phalang/o
DEFINITION 27
WR: phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)
TERM 28
sacr/o
DEFINITION 28
WR: sacrum
TERM 29
spin/o
DEFINITION 29
WR: spine
TERM 30
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
DEFINITION 30
WR: vertebra (backbone)
stern/o
WR: sternum (breastbone)
TERM 32
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
DEFINITION 32
WR: tendon
TERM 33
tibi/o
DEFINITION 33
WR: tibia (larger, medial (inner), bone of the lower leg)
TERM 34
cyt/o
DEFINITION 34
WR: cell
TERM 35
cyst/o
DEFINITION 35
WR: bladder
dist/o
WR: far, farthest
TERM 37
enter/o
DEFINITION 37
WR: intestine (usually small intestine)
TERM 38
hepat/o
DEFINITION 38
WR: liver
TERM 39
proxim/o
DEFINITION 39
WR: near
TERM 40
radi/o
DEFINITION 40
WR: radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
roentgen/o
WR: x-rays
TERM 42
scler/o
DEFINITION 42
WR: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
TERM 43
centesis
DEFINITION 43
S: surgical puncture
TERM 44
ectomy
DEFINITION 44
S: excision, removal
TERM 45
plasty
DEFINITION 45
S: surgical repair
rrhaphy
S: suture
TERM 47
tomy
DEFINITION 47
S: incision
TERM 48
algia, dynia
DEFINITION 48
S: pain
TERM 49
asthenia
DEFINITION 49
S: weakness, debility
TERM 50
cele
DEFINITION 50
S:hernia, swelling
clasia, clast
S: to break
TERM 52
cyte
DEFINITION 52
S: cell
TERM 53
desis
DEFINITION 53
S: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
TERM 54
emia
DEFINITION 54
S: blood condition
TERM 55
genesis
DEFINITION 55
S: forming, producing, origin
gram
S: record, writing
TERM 57
graphy
DEFINITION 57
S: process of recording
TERM 58
ist
DEFINITION 58
S: specialist
TERM 59
itis
DEFINITION 59
S: inflammation
TERM 60
logist
DEFINITION 60
S: specialist in study of
malacia
S: softening
TERM 62
meter
DEFINITION 62
S: instrument for measuring
TERM 63
oma
DEFINITION 63
S: tumor
TERM 64
osis
DEFINITION 64
S: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood
cells)
TERM 65
pathy
DEFINITION 65
S: disease
physis
S: growth
TERM 67
plegia
DEFINITION 67
S: paralysis
TERM 68
porosis
DEFINITION 68
S: porous
TERM 69
rrhexis
DEFINITION 69
S: rupture
TERM 70
sarcoma
DEFINITION 70
S: malignant tumor of connective tissue
en
P: in, within
TERM 72
hemi
DEFINITION 72
P: one half
TERM 73
hypo
DEFINITION 73
P: under, below, deficient
TERM 74
inter
DEFINITION 74
P: between
TERM 75
peri
DEFINITION 75
P: around
quadri
P: four
TERM 77
CT
DEFINITION 77
computed tomography
TERM 78
CTS
DEFINITION 78
carpal tunnel syndrome
TERM 79
Fx
DEFINITION 79
fracture
TERM 80
MG
DEFINITION 80
myasthenia gravis
ORTH, Ortho
orthopedics
TERM 82
TKR
DEFINITION 82
total knee replacement
TERM 83
flexion
DEFINITION 83
decreasing angle; bending of a limb
TERM 84
extension
DEFINITION 84
increasing angle; extension of a limb
TERM 85
abduction
DEFINITION 85
away from the midline; movement away from the body
adduction
toward the midline; movement toward the body
TERM 87
rotation
DEFINITION 87
turning; circular movement around an axis
TERM 88
pronation
DEFINITION 88
palms down; turning the hand to a palm down position
TERM 89
supination
DEFINITION 89
palms up; turning the hand to a palm up position
TERM 90
dorsiflexion
DEFINITION 90
toes pointing up; bending the foot or toes upward
plantar flexion
toes pointing down; bending the foot or toes downward
TERM 92
eversion
DEFINITION 92
heel facing out; moving the sole of the foot outward
TERM 93
inversion
DEFINITION 93
heel facing in; moving the sole of the foot inward
TERM 94
muscular dystrophy
DEFINITION 94
Group of hereditary diseases characterized by gradual
atrophy and weakness of muscle tissue
TERM 95
myasthenia gravis (MG)
DEFINITION 95
Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by
severe muscular weakness and progressive fatigue
sprain
Ligament; Trauma to a joint that causes injury to the
surrounding ligament, accompanied by pain and disability
TERM 97
strain
DEFINITION 97
Muscle; Trauma to a muscle from overuse or excessive
forcible stretch
TERM 98
tendinitis
DEFINITION 98
Inflammation of a tendon, usually caused by injury or
overuse; also called tendonitis
TERM 99
torticollis
DEFINITION 99
Spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles, causing stiffness
and twisting of the neck; also called wryneck
TERM 100
carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
DEFINITION 100
Pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median
nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which the
flexor tendons and median nerve pass)
gout
Hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis,
characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around
the joints
TERM 102
osteoporosis
DEFINITION 102
Decrease in bone density with an increase in porosity,
causing bones to become brittle and increasing the risk of
fractures
TERM 103
rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
DEFINITION 103
Chronic, systemic inflammatory disease affecting the
synovial membranes of multiple joints, eventually resulting
in crippling deformities
TERM 104
kyphosis
DEFINITION 104
Increased curvature of the thoracic region of the vertebral
column, leading to a humpback posture; also called
hunchback
TERM 105
lordosis
DEFINITION 105
Forward curvature of lumbar region of the vertebral column,
leading to a swayback posture
scoliosis
Abnormal sideward curvature of the spine to the left or right
