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Orthopedics
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
---|---|
oste/o | bone |
crani/o | head/skull |
cervic/o | neck |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
lumb/o | loin/lower back |
brachi/o | arm |
dactyl/o | finger |
carp/o | wrist |
cost/o | rib |
femor/o | femur |
tibi/o | tibia |
tars/o | ankle |
chondr/o | cartilage |
arthr/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
fasci/o | fascia (fiborous connective tissue binding muscles together) |
kinesi/o | movement/motion |
ton/o | tone/tension |
tax/o | arrangement/order/coordination |
-paresis | disorder of movement |
-plegia | disorder of movement |
ankyl/o | stiff/bent |
ostalgia | bone pain |
ostealgia | bone pain |
arthrodynia | joint pain |
arthralgia | joint pain |
tenalgia | tendon pain |
myodynia | muscle pain |
myalgia | muscle pain |
atrophy | muscle wasting away |
hypertrophy | abnormally large |
genu valgum | knock-kneed |
genu varum | bowlegged |
ankylosis | joint stiffness |
crepitus | crackling sound heard in joints |
hypotonia | decrease in muscle tone or tightness |
hypertonia | increase in muscle tone or tightness |
dystaxia | poor coordination |
ataxia | without coordination |
bradykinesia | slow movement |
dyskinesia | inability to control movement |
myospasm | muscle spasm |
costalgia | rib pain |
metatarsalgia | pain in the bones of your foot |
spondylodynia | vertebra pain |
tibialgia | tibia (shin) pain |
arthralgia | joint pain |
arthrodynia | joint pain |
cervicodynia | neck pain |