Terms: First Aid Treatment —Polyplegia

Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professionals 10/e

First Aid Treatment— RICE (Rest Ice Compression Elevation)

Cryotherapy (use of cold) is the treatment of choice for soft-tissue and muscle injuries

Compression by an elastic bandage is generally determined by the type of injury and physician preference

Elevation is used to reduce swelling.

flaccid

lacking muscle tone; weak, soft, flabby

heat

treatment using application of heat (thermotherapy)

hydro-

-therapy

hydrotherapy

treatment using scientific application of water

; types: hot tub, cold bath, whirlpool, and vapor bath

in-

sert

-ion

p: Into

r: to gain

s: process

insertion

point of attachment of a muscle to the part that it moves

intra-

muscul

-ar

p: within

r: muscle

s: pertaining to

Intramuscular (IM)

pertaining to within a muscle, such as an IM injection

is/o

metr

-ic

cf: equal

r: to measure

s: pertaining to

isometric

Literally means pertaining to having equal measure; increasing tension of muscle while maintaining equal length

is/o

ton

-ic

cf: equal

r: tone, tension

s: pertaining to

isotonic

Pertaining to having the same tone or tension

levat

-or

r: lifter

s: a doer

levator

Muscle that raises or elevates a part

massage

Kneading that applies pressure and friction to external body tissues

muscle spasm

Involuntary contraction of one or more muscles;

muscular dystrophy (MD)

Refers to a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles that control movement.

my

-algia

r: muscle

s: pain

myalgia

Pain in the muscle

my

-asthenia

gravis

myasthenia gravis (MG)

Chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal (voluntary) muscles of the body.

my/o

-blast

cf: muscle

s: immature cell, germ cell

myoblast

Embryonic cell that develops into a cell of muscle fiber

my/o

fibr

-oma

cf: muscle

r: fiber

s: tumor

myofibroma

Tumor that contains muscle and fiber

my/o

-graph

cf: muscle

s: instrument for recording

myograph

Instrument used to record muscular contractions

my/o

-kinesis

cf: muscle

s: motion

myokinesis

Muscular motion or activity

my

-oma

r: muscle

s: tumor

myoma

Tumor containing muscle tissue

my/o

-malacia

cf: muscle

s: softening

myomalacia

Softening of muscle tissue

my/o

-paresis

cf: muscle

s: weakness

myoparesis

Weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle

my/o

-pathy

cf: muscle

s: disease

myopathy

Muscle disease

my/o

-plasty

cf: muscle

s: surgical repair

myoplasty

Surgical repair of a muscle

my/o

-rrhaphy

cf: muscle

s: suture

myorrhaphy

Surgical suture of a muscle wound

my/o

sarc

-oma

cf: muscle

r: flesh

s: tumor

myosarcoma

Malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue

my/o

scler

-osis

cf: muscle

r: hardening

s: condition

myosclerosis

Abnormal condition of hardening of muscle

my/o(s)

-itis

cf: muscle

s: inflammation

myositis

Inflammation of muscle tissue, especially skeletal muscles;may be caused by infection, trauma, or parasitic infestation

my/o

-spasm

cf: muscle

s: tension, spasm

myospasm

Spasmodic contraction of a muscle

my/o

-tome

cf: muscle

s: instrument to cut

myotome

Surgical instrument used to cut muscle

my/o

-tomy

cf: muscle

s: incision

myotomy

Surgical incision into a muscle

neur/o

muscul

-ar

cf: nerve

r: muscle

s: pertaining to

neuromuscular

Pertaining to both nerves and muscles

neur/o

my/o

path

-ic

cf: nerve

cf: muscle

r: disease

s: pertaining to

neuromyopathic

Pertaining to a disease condition involving both nerves and muscles

poly-

-plegia

p: many

s: paralysis

polyplegia

Paralysis affecting many muscles