Medical Terminology: Anatomy and Pathology Suffixes, Prefixes, and Terms, Quizzes of Medical Sciences

Download Medical Terminology: Anatomy and Pathology Suffixes, Prefixes, and Terms and more Quizzes Medical Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 ankyl/o DEFINITION 1 WR: stiffness; bent, crooked TERM 2 arthr/o DEFINITION 2 WR: joint TERM 3 calc/o DEFINITION 3 WR: calcium TERM 4 calcane/o DEFINITION 4 WR: calcaneum (heel bone) TERM 5 carp/o DEFINITION 5 WR: carpus (wrist bones) TERM 6 cephal/o DEFINITION 6 WR: head TERM 7 cervic/o DEFINITION 7 WR: neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) TERM 8 chondr/o DEFINITION 8 WR: cartilage TERM 9 cost/o DEFINITION 9 WR: ribs TERM 10 crani/o DEFINITION 10 WR: cranium (skull) TERM 21 myel/o DEFINITION 21 WR: bone marrow; spinal cord TERM 22 muscul/o, my/o DEFINITION 22 WR: muscle TERM 23 orth/o DEFINITION 23 WR: straight TERM 24 oste/o DEFINITION 24 WR: bone TERM 25 patell/o DEFINITION 25 WR: patella (kneecap) TERM 26 pelv/i, pelv/o DEFINITION 26 WR: pelvis TERM 27 phalang/o DEFINITION 27 WR: phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) TERM 28 sacr/o DEFINITION 28 WR: sacrum TERM 29 spin/o DEFINITION 29 WR: spine TERM 30 spondyl/o, vertebr/o DEFINITION 30 WR: vertebra (backbone) TERM 31 stern/o DEFINITION 31 WR: sternum (breastbone) TERM 32 ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o DEFINITION 32 WR: tendon TERM 33 tibi/o DEFINITION 33 WR: tibia (larger, medial (inner), bone of the lower leg) TERM 34 cyt/o DEFINITION 34 WR: cell TERM 35 cyst/o DEFINITION 35 WR: bladder TERM 46 rrhaphy DEFINITION 46 S: suture TERM 47 tomy DEFINITION 47 S: incision TERM 48 algia, dynia DEFINITION 48 S: pain TERM 49 asthenia DEFINITION 49 S: weakness, debility TERM 50 cele DEFINITION 50 S:hernia, swelling TERM 51 clasia, clast DEFINITION 51 S: to break TERM 52 cyte DEFINITION 52 S: cell TERM 53 desis DEFINITION 53 S: binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) TERM 54 emia DEFINITION 54 S: blood condition TERM 55 genesis DEFINITION 55 S: forming, producing, origin TERM 56 gram DEFINITION 56 S: record, writing TERM 57 graphy DEFINITION 57 S: process of recording TERM 58 ist DEFINITION 58 S: specialist TERM 59 itis DEFINITION 59 S: inflammation TERM 60 logist DEFINITION 60 S: specialist in study of TERM 71 en DEFINITION 71 P: in, within TERM 72 hemi DEFINITION 72 P: one half TERM 73 hypo DEFINITION 73 P: under, below, deficient TERM 74 inter DEFINITION 74 P: between TERM 75 peri DEFINITION 75 P: around TERM 76 quadri DEFINITION 76 P: four TERM 77 CT DEFINITION 77 computed tomography TERM 78 CTS DEFINITION 78 carpal tunnel syndrome TERM 79 Fx DEFINITION 79 fracture TERM 80 MG DEFINITION 80 myasthenia gravis TERM 81 ORTH, Ortho DEFINITION 81 orthopedics TERM 82 TKR DEFINITION 82 total knee replacement TERM 83 flexion DEFINITION 83 decreasing angle; bending of a limb TERM 84 extension DEFINITION 84 increasing angle; extension of a limb TERM 85 abduction DEFINITION 85 away from the midline; movement away from the body TERM 96 sprain DEFINITION 96 Ligament; Trauma to a joint that causes injury to the surrounding ligament, accompanied by pain and disability TERM 97 strain DEFINITION 97 Muscle; Trauma to a muscle from overuse or excessive forcible stretch TERM 98 tendinitis DEFINITION 98 Inflammation of a tendon, usually caused by injury or overuse; also called tendonitis TERM 99 torticollis DEFINITION 99 Spasmodic contraction of the neck muscles, causing stiffness and twisting of the neck; also called wryneck TERM 100 carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) DEFINITION 100 Pain or numbness resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel (wrist canal through which the flexor tendons and median nerve pass) TERM 101 gout DEFINITION 101 Hereditary metabolic disease that is a form of acute arthritis, characterized by excessive uric acid in the blood and around the joints TERM 102 osteoporosis DEFINITION 102 Decrease in bone density with an increase in porosity, causing bones to become brittle and increasing the risk of fractures TERM 103 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) DEFINITION 103 Chronic, systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membranes of multiple joints, eventually resulting in crippling deformities TERM 104 kyphosis DEFINITION 104 Increased curvature of the thoracic region of the vertebral column, leading to a humpback posture; also called hunchback TERM 105 lordosis DEFINITION 105 Forward curvature of lumbar region of the vertebral column, leading to a swayback posture TERM 106 scoliosis DEFINITION 106 Abnormal sideward curvature of the spine to the left or right