Med Term (Ch. 3) - Muscular System WPA
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a-
not; without
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ab-
away; away from
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ad-
toward
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an-
not; without
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bi-
two; both
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brady-
slow
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circum-
around
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dorsi-
back
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dys-
painful; difficult
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e-
out; away from
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ex-
out; away from
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hemi-
half
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hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
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hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
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in-
in; into; not
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par-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
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para-
near; beside; alongside; beyond; abnormal
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quadri-
four
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tachy-
fast
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tri-
three
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articul/o
joint
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card/o
heart
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cardi/o
heart
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duct/o
to lead; to carry
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electr/o
electricity
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fasci/o
fibrous band; facia
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fibr/o
fiber
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flex/o
to bend
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kines/o
movement
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kinesi/o
movement
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lei/o
smooth
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muscul/o
muscle
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my/o
muscle
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myos/o
muscle
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myocardi/o
heart muscle
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neur/o
nerve
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orth/o
straight; normal
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ped/o
child; foot
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plant/o
sole of the foot
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radi/o
X-rays
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rhabd/o
rod-shaped
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sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
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son/o
sound
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tax/o
coordination; order
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ten/o
tendon
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tendin/o
tendon
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tendon/o
tendon
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tens/o
stretched; strained
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ton/o
tone; tension
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vers/o
turn; turning
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\-ac
pertaining to
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\-al
pertaining to
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\-algia
pain
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\-ar
pertaining to
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\-asthenia
weakness
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\-cele
hernia; swelling; protrusion
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\-ceps
heads (attatchments)
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\-dynia
pain
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\-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
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\-esthesia
sensation
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\-gram
record; image
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\-graphy
process of recording
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\-ia
condition
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\-ic
pertaining to
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\-ion
process; state; condition
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\-itis
inflammation
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\-logy
study of
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\-lysis
breakdown; separation; loosening
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\-malacia
softening
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\-oma
tumor; mass
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\-paresis
weakness
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\-penia
deficiency
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\-plasty
surgical repair
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\-plegia
paralysis
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\-plegic
pertaining to paralysis
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\-rrhexis
rupture
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\-scope
instrument used to view
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\-scopy
visual examination using a scope
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\-tomy
process of cutting; incision
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\-tonia
tone; tension
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\-trophy
condition of growth or development
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amb
ambulate (walk)
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CAT
computerized axial tomography
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CFT
certified fitness trainer
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c/o
complains of; complaining of
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CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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CT
computed tomography; computerized tomography
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CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome
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DMD
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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DTR
deep tendon reflex
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EMG
electrymyogram
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h
hour(s)
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Hx, hx
history
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IM
intramuscular
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L
left
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MD
muscular dystrophy
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mg
milligram(s)
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MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
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N/A
not applicable
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NMI
nuclear medicine imaging
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