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Medical Terminology
Musculoskeletal System
Term | Definition |
---|---|
A or An- | Without/lack of |
Ab- | Away |
Ad- | Toward |
Arthro | Joint |
Articulo | Joint |
Bi- | Two |
Blast- | Building or a thing growing Early stages |
-ceps | Head |
Chondro | Cartilage |
Circulo- | Around |
Clast- | That which destroys |
Cleido- | Clavicle |
Costo- | Rib |
Duct- | Draws or Tube |
Malacia | Softening |
-er | That which |
-or | That which |
-ification | Act of making or building |
-iatrics | Medical Treatments |
-iatry | Medical Specialty |