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Muscular System
Combing forms, Prefix, and suffix'es
Term | Definition |
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articul/o | joint |
card/o | heart |
cardi/o | heart |
duct/o | to lead: to carry |
electr/o | electricity |
fasci/o | fibrous band: fascia |
flex/o | to bend |
kines/o | to bend |
kinesi/o | to bend |
lei/o | smooth |
muscul/o | muscle |
myo | muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
neur/o | nerve |
orth/o | straight |
ped/o | foot; child |
plant/o | sole of the foot |
radi/o | x-ray |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped |
sarc/o | flesh |
son/o | sound |
tax/o | condition; order |
tendon/o | tendon |
ten/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
tens/o | stretched ;strained |
ton/o | tone; tension |
vers/o | turn; turning |
a- , an- | not; without |
ab- | away; away from |
ad- | toward |
bi- | two; both |
brady- | slow |
circum | around |
dorsi | back |
dys | painful; difficult |
e-,ex | out; away from |
hemi | half |
hyper | above normal; excessive |
hypo | below normal; defiant |
in | in, into, not |
par, para | near, beside, beyond, abnormal |
poly | many |
quadri | four |
trachy | fast |
tri- | three |
ac | pertaining to |
al | pertaining to |
ar | pertaining to |
aic | pertaining to |
algia | pain |
asthenia | weakness |
cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
ceps | heads (attachment) |
dynia | pain |
ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
esthesia | sensation |
gram | record; image |
graphy | process of; recording |
ia | condition |
ion | process, state, condition |
itis | inflammation |
lysis | breakdown |
malacia | softening |
oma | mass |
paresis | weakness |
penia | defincantcy |
pelgia | paralysis |
rrhexis | rupture |
scopy | visual examine using a scope |
tomy | process of cutting; incision |
tonia | tone; tension |
trophy | condition of, growth, or developement |