Orthopedics Root Words
Terms
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- ankyl/o
- bent, crooked, stiff, fused, fixed, closed
- arthr/o
- a joint, an articulation
- articul/o
- joint
- brachi/o
- arm
- burs/i, burs/o
- fluid-containing closed sac or envelope
- calcane/o
- cacaneus, heel
- carp/i
- wrist bone
- cervic/o
- a cervix or neck, in any sense
- chondr/o, chondri/o
- cartilage
- clavicul/o
- clavicle
- coccyg/o
- coccyx
- cost/o
- ribs
- crani/o
- cranium, skull
- desm/o
- fibrous connection, ligament
- disc/o
- disk, disk-shaped
- dors/i, dors/o
- back, back portion, toward the back
- femor/o
- femur
- fibr/o
- fiber
- fibul/o
- fibula
- ili/o
- ilium, broad portion of the hip bone
- ischi/o
- ischium, hip joint, haunch
- lord/o
- curved, bent
- medull/o
- soft marrow-like structure, especially in the center of a part
- my/o
- muscle
- myel/o
-
1. bone marrow
2. spinal cord and medulla oblongata
3. the myelin sheath of nerve fibers - orth/o
- straight or normal, in proper order
- osse/o
- bone, bony
- oste/o
- bone
- pector/o
- chest
- ped/i, ped/o
- foot, feet
- pelv/i, pelv/o, pelvi/o
- pelvis
- perioste/o
- periosteum
- perone/o
- fibula
- rachi/o
- spine
- rhabd/o
- rod, rod-shaped
- rhiz/o
- root
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- scaph/o
- scaphoid, boat-shaped, hollowed
- scapul/o
- scapula (shoulder blade)
- spin/o
-
1. the spine
2. spinous - spondyl/o
- vertebrae
- stern/o
- the sternum, sternal
- tars/o
- tarsus (as a division of the skeleton, the seven tarsal bone of the instep)
- ten/o, tenont/o
- tendon
- tibi/o
- tibia, the shinbone
- uln/o
- relating to the ulna
- vertebr/o
- vertebra, vertebral
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acromi/o - clavicul/o - ar
acromioclavicular -
acromion - clavicle - pertainin to, relating to
relating to the acomion and the clavicle; denoting the artciulation and ligaments between the clavicle and teh acromion of the scapula -
arthr/o - algia
arthralgia -
joint, an articulation - pain
pain in a joint, especially one not inflammatory in character -
chondr/o - malacia
chondromalacia -
carilage - softening
softening of any cartilage -
circum - axill/o - ary
circumaxillary -
circular, circular movement - armpit - pertaining to, relating to
around the axilla -
coccyg/o - dynia
coccygodynia -
coccyx - pain
pain in the coccygeal region -
disc/o - genic
discogenic -
disk, disk-shaped - precursor of, forming, producing, origin
denoting a disorder originating in or from an interverbral disk -
infra - scapul/o - ar
infrascapular -
below - scapula - pertaining to, relating to
inferior to the scapula -
inter - phalange/o - al
interphalangeal - between, among - phalanges - pertaining to, relating to
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ischi/o - vertebr/o - al
ischiovertebral -
ischium - vertebrae - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the ischium and the vertebral column -
juxta - medull/o - ary
justamedullary -
near, beside - soft, inner part - pertaining to, relating to
close to or adjoining the medullary border -
lei/o - my/o - sarc/o - oma
leiomyosarcoma -
smooth - muscle - flesh,
connective tissue - tumor,
neoplasm
a malignant neoplasm derived from smooth (nonstriated) muscle -
macr/o - brachi/o - ia
macrobrachia -
large, long - arms - a condition
condition of having abnormally thick or long arms -
meta - carp/i - phalange/o - al
metacarpophalangeal -
after, subsequent to, behind - wrist - phalanges - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the metacarpus and the phalanges; denoting the articulations between them -
neur - algia
neuralgia -
nerve - pain
pain of a severe, throbbing, or stabbing character in the course of distribution of a nerve -
oste/o - pathi - ic
osteopathic -
bone - disease - pertaining to, relating to
a disease of bone; relating to osteopathy -
para - esthesia
paraesthesia -
abnormal - perception, feeling
an abnormal sensation, such as of burning, pricking, tickling, or tingling -
peri - oste/o - myel/o - itis
periosteomyelitis -
around, about, near - bone - bone marrow - inflammation
inflammation of the entire bone, with the periosteum and marrow -
semi - lunar
semilunar -
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon -
supra - clavicul/o -ar
supraclavicular -
above - clavicle - pertaining to, relating to
above the clavicle, denoting some cutaneous nerves -
supra - pub/o - ic
suprapubic -
above - pubic bone - pertaining to, relating to
above the pubic bone -
cost/o - vertebr/o - al
costovertebral -
ribs - vertebrae - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the ribs and the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae with which they articulate -
hemi - plegia
hemiplegia -
half - paralysis
paralysis of one side of the body -
my/o - algia
myalgia -
muscle - pain
muscular pain -
stern/o - cleid/o - mastoid
sternocleidomastoid -
sternum - clavicle - relating to mastoid process
relating to sternum, clavicle, and masoid process - plant/o
- sole of foot
-
sub - ungu/o - al
subungual -
below, under - nail - pertaining to, relating to
beneath the fingernail or toenail - fasci/o
- fascia
-
disc - ectomy
discectomy -
disk, disk-shaped - removal of an anatomic structure
excision, in part or whole, of an intervertebral disk -
my/o - rrhaphy
myorrhaphy -
muscle - surgical suturing
suture of a muscle -
ten/o - synov/o - ectomy
tenosynovectomy -
tendon - synovium - removal of
excision of a tendon sheath