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Skeletal-Urinary
Skeletal, Nervous, Male Reproductive, and Urinary System Terminology
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2010

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Term
ankyl/o
Definition

stiff, crooked, bent

 

ankylosis

Term
arthr/o
Definition

joint

 

arthrodysplasia

Term
articul/o
Definition

joint

 

articulation

Term
brachi/o
Definition

arm

 

brachiocephalic

Term
burs/o
Definition

bursa

 

bursolith

Term
calcane/o
Definition

heel

 

calceneodynia

Term
carp/o
Definition

wrist

 

carpoptosis

Term
centr/o
Definition

center

 

centrosclerosis

Term
cephal/o
Definition

head

 

cephaledema

Term
cervic/o
Definition

neck

 

cervicofacial

Term
chir/o, cheir/o
Definition

hand

 

chiropodalgia

Term
chrondr/o
Definition

cartilage

 

chondrodystrophy

Term
cleid/o
Definition

clavicle

 

cleidorrhexis

Term
coccyg/o
Definition

coccyx

 

coccygodynia

Term
cost/o
Definition

rib

 

costosternal

Term
cox/o
Definition

hip

 

coxarthrosis

Term
crani/o
Definition

skull

 

cranioclast

Term
cubit/o
Definition

elbow, forearm

 

genucubital

Term
dactyl/o
Definition

digits (fingers and toes)

 

dactylospasm

Term
eury-
Definition

wide, broad

 

eurycephalic

Term
faci/o
Definition

face

 

facioplasty

Term
femor/o
Definition

femur

 

ischiofemoral

Term
fibul/o
Definition

fibula

 

fibulocalcaneal

Term
geni/o
Definition

chin

 

genioplasty

Term
gnath/o
Definition

jaw

 

gnathoschisis

Term
gnos/o
Definition

knowledge

 

acrognosis

Term
goni/o
Definition

angle

 

goniometer

Term
gyr/o
Definition

circle, spiral

 

gyrospasm

Term
holo-
Definition

complete, entire

 

holoarthritis

Term
humer/o
Definition

humerus

 

humeroradial

Term
hypsi-
Definition

high

 

hypsicephaly

Term
ili/o
Definition

ilium

 

iliolumbar

Term
ischi/o
Definition

ischium

 

ischiodynia

Term
ithy-
Definition

erect, straight

 

ithylordosis

Term
kyph/o
Definition

humpback

 

kyphoscoliosis

Term
lamin/o
Definition

lamina

 

laminectomy

Term
lip/o
Definition

fat

 

lipochondroma

Term
-listhesis
Definition

slipping

 

spondylolisthesis

Term
lord/o
Definition

curvature, bending

 

lordoscoliosis

Term
lox/o
Definition

oblique, slanting

 

loxarthron

Term
lumb/o
Definition

loin

 

lumbodynia

Term
maxill/o
Definition

maxilla

 

maxillotomy

Term
mega-, megalo-
Definition

large

 

megalopodia

Term
-megaly
Definition

enlargement

 

dactylomegaly

Term
mel/o
Definition

limbs

 

melalgia

Term
om/o
Definition

shoulder

 

omodynia

Term
opisth/o
Definition

backward, behind

 

opisthognathism

Term
oste/o
Definition

bone

 

osteochondroma

Term
pan-
Definition

all

 

panathritis

Term
patell/o
Definition

patella

 

patellofemoral

Term
ped/o
Definition

foot, child

 

pedal

Term
pelv/i
Definition

pelvis

 

pelvimeter

Term
perone/o
Definition

fibula

 

peroneotibial

Term
petr/o
Definition

stone, petrous region of temporal bone

 

petromastoid

Term
phalang/o
Definition

phalanges

 

phalangitis

Term
-physis
Definition

growth, growing

 

diaphysis

Term
pod/o
Definition

foot

 

podiatrist

Term
-porosis
Definition

porous, decrease in density

 

osteoporosis

Term
pub/o
Definition

pubis

 

pubovesical

Term
rachi/o
Definition

spine

 

rachioplegia

Term
sacr/o
Definition

sacrum

 

sacrocoxalgia

Term
scapul/o
Definition

scapula

 

scapulopexy

Term
scoli/o
Definition

crooked, twisted

 

scoliorachitic

Term
skelet/o
Definition

skeleton

 

skeletogenous

Term
spin/o
Definition

spinal cord, spine

 

spinocerebellar

Term
spondyl/o
Definition

vertebrae

 

spondylopyosis

Term
stern/o
Definition

sternum

 

sternocostal

Term
synov/o
Definition

synovia, synovial membrane

 

synovectomy

Term
tal/o
Definition

talus

 

talofibular

Term
tars/o
Definition

tarsus (edge of eyelid)

 

tarsoclasis

Term
tibi/o
Definition

tibia

 

tibiotarsal

Term
vertebr/o
Definition

vertebra

 

vertebrosternal

Term
xiph/p
Definition

sword-shaped, xiphoid

 

xiphocostal

Term
-algesia, -alges/o
Definition

pain sensitivity

 

analgesia

Term
astr/o
Definition

star, star-shaped

 

astrocytoma

Term
atel/o
Definition

incomplete, imperfect

 

atelomyelia

Term
-bulia, -boulia
Definition

will

 

abulia

Term
cerebell/o
Definition

cerebellum

 

cerebellospinal

Term
-crasia
Definition

mixture (good or bad), temperment

 

eucrasia

 

Term
drom/o, -drome
Definition

running

 

dromotropic

Term
encephal/o
Definition

brain

 

encephalomalacia

Term
esthesi/o, -esthesia
Definition

sensation, feeling

 

esthesioneurosis

Term
gangli/o, ganglion/o
Definition

ganglion

 

gangliocytoma

Term
gli/o
Definition

glue, neurolgia

 

gliocyte

Term
heli/o
Definition

sun

 

heliophobia

Term
hydr/o
Definition

water, hydrogen

 

hydrocephalocele

Term
hypn/o
Definition

sleep

 

hypnogenic

Term
hypothalam/o
Definition

hypothalyamus

 

hypothalamohypophysical

Term
klept/o
Definition

theft, stealing

 

kleptomania

Term
-lemma
Definition

confining membrane

 

epilemma

Term
-lepsy
Definition

seizure

 

epilepsy

Term
-lexia
Definition

speech, word

 

bradylexia

Term
log/o, -log, -logue
Definition

word, speech, though

 

logorrhea

Term
-mania
Definition

madness, obsessive preoccupation

 

hypomania

Term
medull/o
Definition

medulla, marrow

 

medulloblast

Term
mening/o
Definition

meninges, membranes

 

meningocele

Term
ment/o
Definition

mind

 

dementia

Term
-mnesia
Definition

memory

 

ecmnesia

Term
myel/o
Definition

bone marrow, spinal cord

 

myelocele

Term
narc/o
Definition

numbness, stupor

 

narcoanesthesia

Term
neur/o
Definition

nerve

 

neurotripsy

Term
noci-
Definition

to cause harm, injury, or pain

 

nociceptor

Term
-noia
Definition

mind, will

 

paranoia

Term
-paresis
Definition

partial paralysis

 

hemiparesis

Term
phaner/o
Definition

visible, apparent

 

phaneromania

Term
-phobia, phob/o
Definition

fear, aversion

 

phobophobia

Term
phren/o
Definition

mind, diaphragm

 

tachyphrenia

Term
picr/o
Definition

bitter

 

picrotoxin

 

 

Term
piez/o, pies/i, -piesis
Definition

pressure

 

piesesthesia

Term
-plegia
Definition

paralysis

 

quadriplegia

Term
poli/o
Definition

gray (matter)

 

poliomyelitis

Term
-pore
Definition

opening, passageway

 

neuropore

Term
-praxia
Definition

activity, action

 

parapraxia

Term
psych/o
Definition

mind

 

psychokinesis

Term
psychr/o
Definition

cold

 

psychrophobia

Term
radicul/o
Definition

nerve root

 

radiculitis

Term
rhiz/o
Definition

root

 

rhizotomy

Term
schiz/o
Definition

split, division

 

schizophasia

Term
somn/i, -somnia
Definition

sleep

 

insomnia

Term
syring/o
Definition

tube, fistula

 

syringomyelocele

Term
tauto-
Definition

identical, same

 

tautomeral

Term
-taxia, tax/o
Definition

arrangement, coordination

 

dystaxia

Term
tel/o
Definition

end

 

telodendron

Term
tephr/o
Definition

gray (ashen)

 

tephromyelitis

Term
thanat/o
Definition

death

 

thanatomania

Term
thec/o
Definition

sheath

 

neurothecitis

Term
vag/o
Definition

vagus nerve

 

sisvagoly

Term
andr/o
Definition

male

 

androgen

Term
balan/o
Definition

glans penis

 

balanoblennorrhea

Term
-cele
Definition

hernia, swelling

 

hydrocele

Term
-cide
Definition

killing, agent which kills

 

spermicide

Term
crypt/o
Definition

hidden, concealed

 

cryptorchism

Term
epididym/o
Definition

epididymis

 

epididymectomy

Term
genit/o
Definition

reproduction

 

genitourinary

Term
gon/o
Definition

genitals

 

gonocyte

Term
gonad/o
Definition

gonads

 

gonadogenesis

Term
olig/o
Definition

scanty, few, little

 

oligospermia

Term
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
Definition

testis

 

orchidopexy

Term
osche/o
Definition

scrotum

 

oscheoplasty

Term
phall/o
Definition

penis

 

phallodynia

Term
phim/o
Definition

muzzle

 

paraphimosis

Term
prostat/o
Definition

prostate gland

 

prostatocystotomy

Term
semin/i
Definition

semen

 

seminiferous

Term
sperm/o, spermat/o
Definition

spermatozoa

 

spermatogenesis

Term
test/o, testicul/o
Definition

testis

 

testectomy

Term
vas/o
Definition

vas deferens, vessel

 

vasovasostomy

Term
vener/o
Definition

sexual intercourse

 

venereologist

 

Term
vesicul/o
Definition

seminal vessicle

 

vasovesiculitis

Term
zo/o
Definition

animal

 

azoospermia

Term
a-, an-
Definition

without, not

 

anuria

Term
albumin/o
Definition

albumin

 

albuminometer

Term
ammon/o
Definition

ammonium

 

ammonuria

Term
-atresia
Definition

closure, occlusion

 

urethratresia

Term
atreto-
Definition

closed, lacking an opening

 

atretocystia

Term
azot/o
Definition

nitrogen, urea

 

azoturia

Term
calci/o
Definition

calcium

 

hypocalciuria

Term
cali/o
Definition

calyx

 

pyelocaliectasis

Term
cupr/o
Definition

copper

 

cupruresis

Term
cyan/o
Definition

blue

 

urocyanosis

Term
cyst/o
Definition

bladder, cyst

 

cystogram

Term
-ectasis, -ectasia
Definition

dilation, expansion

 

nephrectasia

Term
fusc/o
Definition

dark brown

 

urofuscohematin

Term
glomerul/o
Definition

glomerulus

 

glomerulopathy

Term
keton/o
Definition

ketones

 

ketonuria

Term
lith/o
Definition

stone, calculus

 

pyelolithotomy

Term
nephr/o
Definition

kidney

 

nephrotoxic

Term
noct/i
Definition

night

 

noctalbuminuria

Term
py/o
Definition

pus

 

pyocalix

Term
pyel/o
Definition

renal pelvis

 

pyelophlebitis

Term
ren/o
Definition

kidney

 

renogastric

Term
uric/o
Definition

uric acid

 

uricosuria

Term
ur/o
Definition

urine

 

uroerythrin

Term
-uresis
Definition

urination

 

diuresis

Term
ureter/o
Definition

ureter

 

ureterocolostomy

Term
urethr/o
Definition

urethra

 

urethrorrhagia

Term
-uria
Definition

urine condition

 

pyuria

Term
urin/o
Definition

urine

 

unrinanalysis

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