acr/o
extremities
ankyl/o
crooked; bent; stiff; fused together
arthr/o
joint
brachi/o
arm
burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)
calcane/o
calcaneus; heel bone
carp/o
wrist
cervic/o
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
chir/o
hand
chondr/o
cartilage
clavicul/o
clavicle; collarbones
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
cubit/o
elbow
dactyl/o
digits (fingers or toes)
dextr/o
to the right
femor/o
thigh bone
fibul/o
fibula; lower leg bone
humer/o
humerus; upper arm bone
hy/o
hyoid bone
ili/o
ilium; top of the hip bone
kyph/o
humpback
ligament/o
ligament
lord/o
curve; swayback
lumb/o
lumbar region; loin
lux/o
slide
mandibul/o
mandible; lower jaw bone
menisc/o
meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
narc/o
numbness; sleep; stupor
nas/o
nose
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
patell/o
patella; kneecap
ped/o
foot; child
phalang/o
phalanges; fingers or toes
physi/o
nature; function
por/o
opening; passageway; porous
pod/o
foot
pub/o
pubis; public region
pyret/o
fever
rachi/o
spine; vertebra
rheumat/o
watery flow
rhin/o
nose
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh; connective tissue
scoli/o
crooked; bent
sinistr/o
to the left
spondyl/o
vertebra; backbone
ster/o
solid structure; steroid
stern/o
sternum; breastbone
styl/o
column; pillar; tube
synovi/o
lubricating fluid of joints
tars/o
ankle
ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o
tendon
tibi/o
tibia; lower leg bone
uln/o
ulna; lower arm bone
vertebr/o
vertebrae; spinal column bones
a-, an-
not; without
ambi-
both sides
anti-
against
inter-
between
intra-
within; into
meta-
change; beyond
non-
not
peri-
around; surrounding
poly-
many; much
sub-
below; under
supra-
above
syn-
together; with
-al, -an, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ation
process; condition
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-clast
to break down; destroy
-desis
to bind; tie together
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-graph
instrument for recording
-ism
process; condition
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-oid
like; resembling
-oma
tumor; mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
deficiency
-physis
growth; growth plate
-plasty
surgical repair
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
-scope
instrument used to view
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
-tomy
process of cutting
ATT PHYS
attending physician
BP
blood pressure
CRIF
closed reduction and internal fixation
CT
computerized tomography; computed tomography
CV
cardiovascular
DJD
degenerative joint disease
Fx
function; fracture
GI
gastrointestinal
L, Lt
left