P1 MIdterm Flashcards
Dys
bad, difficult, painful,
disordered
Dystonia
Electr/o
electrical, electricity
Fasci/o
band of fibrous tissue
fasciotomy
Fibr/o
Fiber
-itis
Inflammation
Kinesi/o, kines/o
Movement
Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle
My/o, myos/o
Muscle
Pector/o
Pertains to chest
-pelgia
Paralysis
Rhabdomy/o
Striated muscle; skeletal muscle
Tax/o
Coordination, order
Tri-
Three
Troph/o
Development
Ankyl/o
Stiff
Arthr/o,
Joint
Articul/o
Joint
Burs/o
Bursa
-centesis
Surgical puncture
-desis
Binding or surgical fusion
-gram
Record or picture
Esthesi/o
Feeling; sensation
Ligament/o
Ligament
Oste/o
Bone
-plasty
Surgical repair
-scopy
Process of viewing with an endoscope
Ten/o, tendin/o, tend/o
Tendon
-esthesia
Sensation or feeling
Esthet/o
Feeling, nervous sensations or sense of perception
Gli/o
Neurolgia or gluey substance
Hypo
Under, below, beneath, less than normal
-lepsy
Seizure, attack
-lexia
Reading
Mening/o
Meninges
Myel/o
Spinal cord or bone marrow
Neur/o
Nerve
-paresis
Partial paralysis
-phasia
Speech
-plegia
Paralysis