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Musculoskeletal vocabulary less.4
prefixes,suffixs,root words,abbrevations,aronyms and eponyms
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Undergraduate 1
01/30/2026
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Term
DYS-
 Definition

painful, difficult, abnormal 

 

 

 
Term
AB-
 Definition

away from 

 

 
Term
BRADY-
 Definition

slow 

 

 
Term
HYPER-
 Definition

above , excessive 

 

 
Term
INTER-
 Definition

between 

 

 
Term
POLY-
 Definition

many, much 

 

 
Term
SUB-
 Definition

below, under 

 

 
Term
SYN-
 Definition

together, joined

 

 

 
Term
AD-
 Definition

toward 

 

 
Term
INTRA-
 Definition

within, in 

 

example-intracellular :within the cell
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A-/AN-
 Definition

without 

 

 
Term
BIO-
 Definition

life 

 

 
Term
DIS-
 Definition

separation, taking apart 

 

 
Term
-ALGIA
 Definition

pain

 

 
Term
-CLAST
 Definition
break
Term
-ECTOMY
 Definition
excision, surgical removal
Term
-DESIS
 Definition
surgical fixation , fusion
Term
-GRAM
 Definition
the record, radiographic imagine
Term
-ITIS
 Definition
inflammation
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-LYSIS
 Definition
lossening , sparating , dissoultion
Term
-OID
 Definition
resembling
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-MALACIA
 Definition
softening
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-PENIA
 Definition
abnormal reduction
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-PLASTY
 Definition
surgical repair
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-TOMY
 Definition
incision , cut into
Term
-OMA
 Definition
tumor
Term
-PLEGIA
 Definition
paralysis
Term
-RRHAGE
 Definition
bleeding
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-OSTOMY
 Definition
opening
Term
-SCOPE
 Definition
examining
Term
-Ptosis
 Definition
falling ,drooping
Term
-SCLEROSIS
 Definition
hardening
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-TROPHY
 Definition
growth
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-PATHY
 Definition
disease
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-OUS
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-MEGALY
 Definition
enlargement
Term
-IUM
 Definition
structure or tissue
Term
-DYNIA
 Definition
pain, swelling
Term
-CYTE
 Definition
cell
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