Medical Terminology: Roots, Suffixes, and Musculoskeletal Terms

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering medical prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and musculoskeletal conditions from lecture notes.

electro-

electricity

-osis

abnormal condition

-porosis

condition of pores

-stenosis

tightening, stricture

-oma

tumor, mass, fluid collection

-malacia

softening

fibr/o

fiber

rheumat/o

watery flow

lord/o

curve, sway back

scoli/o

crooked, bent

kyph/o

humpback

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

oste/o

bone

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near bones)

tendin/o, ten/o

tendon

arthr/o

joint

chondr/o

cartilage

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

arthritis

inflammation of a joint

osteoarthritis

inflammation of bones + joints

arthrochondritis

inflammation of joints + cartilage

bursitis

inflammation of the bursa

tendinitis

inflammation of the tendons