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Musculoskeletal
Prefixes,suffixes,root words &abbreviations
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02/20/2026
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Term
A/An-
 Definition
With ,not,absence of
Term
Ab-
 Definition
Away from
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Ad-
 Definition
Towards,near
Term
Brady-
 Definition
Slow
Term
Dys-
 Definition
painful,difficult
Term
Endo-
 Definition
Within,inner
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Epi-
 Definition
Upon,above on
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Hyper-
 Definition
Above normal,excessive
Term
Inter-
 Definition
Between
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Intra
 Definition
Within,in
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Poly-
 Definition
Many,much
Term
Sub-
 Definition
Above ,upper
Term
-ad
 Definition
towards
Term
-algia/-dynia
 Definition
pain
Term
-asthenia
 Definition
weakness
Term
-blast
 Definition
immature,formative cell
Term
-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture to aspirate fluid
Term
-clasia/-clast
 Definition
to break or surgically break
Term
-desis
 Definition
surgical fixation,fusion.or binding
Term
-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal or excision
Term
-genic
 Definition
producing,forming
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-gram
 Definition
the record or radiographic imagen
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording or imaging
Term
-itits
 Definition
inflammation
Term
-kinesia/-kinesis
 Definition
movement
Term
-listhesis
 Definition
slipping
Term
-lysis
 Definition
loosening,destruction,or setting free
Term
-malacia
 Definition
abnormal softening
Term
-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
Term
-pathy
 Definition
diseases
Term
-penia
 Definition
deficiency or abnormal reduction
Term
-physis
 Definition
to grow or growth
Term
-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair or restoration
Term
-porosis
 Definition
condition of pores or being porous
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suturing or repairing
Term
-scopy
 Definition
process of visual
Term
Ankyl/o
 Definition
stiff;bent;fused together
Term
Arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
Brachi/o
 Definition
arm
Term
Bursa/o
 Definition
bursa;sac of fluid near joint
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Calcane/o
 Definition
calcaneum;heel bone
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Carp/o
 Definition
carpus wrist bones
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