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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
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
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

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