ultimate med term vocab ALL UNITS

ambul/o

to walk or move about

articul/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

dextr/o

to the right

duct/o

to lead; to carry

electr/o

electricity

fasci/o

fibrous band; fascia (thin layer of connective tissue wrapping everything together)

fibr/o

flex

flex/o

to bend

lei/o

smooth

my/o, myos/o, muscul/o

muscle

rhabd/o

rod-shaped

sarc/o

connective tissue; flesh

son/o

sound

taxo, taxi/o

coordination; order

tens/o

stretched; strained

therm/o

heat; hot

ton/o

tone; tension

vers/o

turn; turning

myocardi/o

heart muscle

plant/o

sole of the foot

radi/o

x-rays

-asthenia

weakness

-cele

hernia; swelling; protrusion

-ceps

heads (attachments)

-dynia

pain

-rrhexis

rupture

-tonia

tone; tension

-ia

condition

-ion

process, state, condition

-oma

tumor, mass

-paresis

weakness

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-trophy

condition of growth or development

ab-

away; away from

ad-

toward

ante-

before

brady-

slow

hemi-, semi-

half

circum-

around

dorsi-

back

quadri-

four

tri-

three

par-, para-

besides, near, alongside, beyond abnormal

ADL

activities of daily living

amb

ambulate (walk)

DTR

deep tendon reflex

EMG

electromyogram

IM

intramuscular

RICE

Rest Ice Compression Elevation

ROM

range-of-motion therapy

acr/o

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked; bent; stiff; fused together

arthr/o

joint

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near joint)

calcane/o

calcaneus; heel bone

carp/o

wrist

spondyl/o

vertebra; backbone

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle; collarbones

ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o

tendon

cubit/o

elbow

ster/o

solid structure; steroid

stern/o

sternum; breastbone

synovi/o

lubricating fluid of joints

tars/o

ankle

cost/o

rib

scoli/o

crooked; bent

vertebr/o

vertebrae; spinal column bones

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

rheumat/o

watery flow

dactyl/o

digits (fingers or toes)

cervic/o

neck; cervix

hy/o

hyoid bone (between mandible bone and thyroid cartilage)

ili/o

ilium, top of the hip bone

kyph/o

humpback

ligament/o

ligament (fibrous connective tissue)

lord/o

curve; swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region, loin (lower back of spinal column/backbone)

lux/o

slide

mandibul/o

mandible, lower jaw bone

menisc/o

meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint

nas/o, rhin/o

nose

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

kneecap; patella

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; pubic region

rachi/o

spine; vertebra

-algia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid

clast

to break down; destroy

-desis

to bind; tie together

-ectomy

surgical removal; incision