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Medical Terminology
Abbreviations /terminology/roots/stems of the bones
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BI | BONE INJURY |
| C1, C2 etc | CERVICAL VERTABRAE |
| CDH | CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP |
| CPT | CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME |
| L1, L2 etc | LUMBAR VERTABRAE |
| NBI | NO BONE INJURY |
| OA | OSTEOARTHRITIS |
| PID | PROLAPSED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE) |
| RA | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| T1, T2, etc | THORACIC VERTABRAE |
| THR | TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT |
| TKR | TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT |
| ACETABUL/O | ACETABULUM ( where femur forms joint with innominate bone) |
| ARTHR/O | JOINT |
| ARTICUL/O | JOINT |
| CARP/O | CARPALS (HAND BONES, WRIST) |
| CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
| CALVICL/O | CLAVICLE |
| COST/O | RIB |
| COXYG/O | COXYX |
| CRANI/O | CRANIUM |
| DISC/O | DISC between vertebrae |
| ETHMOID/O | PART OF CRANIUM |
| FEMOR/O | FEMUR |
| FIBUL/O | FIBULA |
| FRONT/O | FRONTAL BONEOF CRANIUM |
| HUMER/O | HUMEROUS |
| ISCHI/O | ISCHIUM (part of innominate bone) |
| ILI/O | ILIUM (part of pelvis) |
| INTRA-ARTICULAR | DIRECTLY INTO A JOINT, e.g. injected |
| LACRIM/O | LACRIMAL BONE OF THE EYE ORBIT |
| LAMIN/O | LAMINA (arch of vertabrae-thin sheet of bone) |
| MAL/O | MALAR (cheek bone) |
| MANDIBUL/O | MANDIBLE (lower jaw) |
| MAXILL/O | MAXILLA (upper jaw) |
| MENISC/O | MENISCUS (cartilage of knee) |
| METACARP/O | METACARPALS (hand bones) |
| METATARS/O | METATARSALS (foot bones) |
| MY/O (MYOS) | MUSCLE |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW (also spinal cord) |
| NAS/O | NASAL BONE |
| OCCIPIT/O | OCCIPTAL BONE |
| OLECRAN/O | PART OF ELBOW JOINT |
| ORBIT/O | ORBITAL (part of eye socket) |
| OSTE/O | BONE |
| PALAT/O | PALATINE BONES (roof of mouth) |
| PARIET/O | PARIETAL (part of cranium) |
| PATELL/O | PATELLA |
| PHALANGE/O | PHALANGES (fingers/toes) |
| PUB/O | PUBIS |
| RADI/O | RADIUS |
| SACR/O | SACRUM |
| SCAPUL/O | SCAPULA |
| SPHENOLD/O | SPHENOID |
| SONDYL/O | VERTABRA/SPINE |
| STERN/O | STERNUM |
| SYNOV/O | SYNOVIAL |
| TARS/O | TARSALS |
| TEMPOR/O | TEMPORAL BONE |
| TEN/O TENDIN/O | TENDON |
| TIBI/O | TIBIA |
| TURBIN/O | TURBINATE BONES IN THE NOSE |
| ULN/O | ULNA |
| VERTEBR/O | VERTEBRA |
| ZYG/O ZYGOMAT/O | CHEEK BONE |
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