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Muscles
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Articul/o | Joint |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Duct/o | To lead; to carry |
Electr/o | Electricity |
Fasci/o | Fibrous band; fascia |
Fibr/o | Fiber |
Flex/o | To bend |
Kines/o, Kinesi/o | Movement |
Lei/o | Smooth |
Muscul/o | Muscle |
My/o, myos/o | Muscle |
Myocardi/o | Heart muscle |
Neur/o | Nerve |
Orth/o | Straight; normal |
Ped/o | Child; foot |
Plant/o | Sole of the foot |
Radi/o | X-rays |
Rhabd/o | Rod shaped |
Sarc/o | Flesh; connective tissue |
Son/o | Sound |
Tax/o | Coordination; order |
Ten/o, Tendin/o, Tendon/o | Tendon |
Tens/o | Stretched; strained |
Ton/o | Tone; tension |
Vers/o | Turn; turning |
in- | In; into; not |
Par-, para- | Near, beside |
Quadri- | Four |
Tachy- | Fast |
Tri- | Three |
A-, an- | Not; without |
Ab- | Away; away from |
Ad | Toward |
Bi- | Two |
Brady- | Slow |
Circum- | Around |
Dorsi- | Back |
Dys- | Painful; difficult |
E-, ex- | Out; away from |
Hemi- | Half |
Hyper- | Above; excessive |
Hypo- | Below; deficient |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ic | Pertaining to |
-algia | Pain |
-asthenia | Weakness |
-cele | Hernia; swelling; protrusion |
-ceps | Head (attachments) |
-dynia | Pain |
-ectomy | Surgical removal |
-esthesia | Sensation |
-gram | Record; image |
-graphy | Process of recording |
-ia | Condition |
-ion | Process; state; condition |
-itis | Inflammation |
-logy | Study of |
-lysis | Breaking down; separation; loosening |
-malacia | Softening |
-oma | Tumor; mass |
-paresis | Weakness |
-penia | Deficiency |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-plegia | Paralysis |
-plegic | Pertaining to paralysis |
-rrhexis | Rupture |
-scope | Instrument used to view |
-scopy | Visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | Process of cutting |
-tonia | Tone;tension |
-trophy | Condition of growth or development |