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

A list of medical terminologies, including anatomy and pathology suffixes, prefixes, and terms, with their definitions. It covers various body parts, conditions, and surgical procedures, allowing users to understand and interpret medical terms. The terms are grouped into categories such as bones, muscles, joints, and blood conditions.

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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)
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ankyl/o

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)

cephal/o

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)

humer/o

WR: humerus (upper arm bone)

TERM 17

lamin/o

DEFINITION 17

WR: lamina (part of vertebral arch)

TERM 18

leiomy/o

DEFINITION 18

WR: smooth muscle (visceral)

TERM 19

lumb/o

DEFINITION 19

WR: loin (lower back)

TERM 20

metacarp/o

DEFINITION 20

WR: metacarpus (hand bones)

myel/o

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)

stern/o

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

dist/o

WR: far, farthest

TERM 37

enter/o

DEFINITION 37

WR: intestine (usually small intestine)

TERM 38

hepat/o

DEFINITION 38

WR: liver

TERM 39

proxim/o

DEFINITION 39

WR: near

TERM 40

radi/o

DEFINITION 40

WR: radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

rrhaphy

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

clasia, clast

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

malacia

S: softening

TERM 62

meter

DEFINITION 62

S: instrument for measuring

TERM 63

oma

DEFINITION 63

S: tumor

TERM 64

osis

DEFINITION 64

S: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood

cells)

TERM 65

pathy

DEFINITION 65

S: disease

physis

S: growth

TERM 67

plegia

DEFINITION 67

S: paralysis

TERM 68

porosis

DEFINITION 68

S: porous

TERM 69

rrhexis

DEFINITION 69

S: rupture

TERM 70

sarcoma

DEFINITION 70

S: malignant tumor of connective tissue

quadri

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

ORTH, Ortho

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

plantar flexion

toes pointing down; bending the foot or toes downward

TERM 92

eversion

DEFINITION 92

heel facing out; moving the sole of the foot outward

TERM 93

inversion

DEFINITION 93

heel facing in; moving the sole of the foot inward

TERM 94

muscular dystrophy

DEFINITION 94

Group of hereditary diseases characterized by gradual

atrophy and weakness of muscle tissue

TERM 95

myasthenia gravis (MG)

DEFINITION 95

Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by

severe muscular weakness and progressive fatigue

sprain

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)