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Musculoskeletal System Medical Word Elements and Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
03/01/2013
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Ankyl/o
 Definition
Stiffness; bent; crooked
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Kyph/o
 Definition
Humpback
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Lord/o
 Definition
Curve; Swayback
Term
Spondyl/o
 Definition
Vertebrae
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Vertebr/o
 Definition
Vertebrae
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Leiomy/o
 Definition
Smooth muscle; visceral
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-asthenia
 Definition
Weakness; debility
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-clasia
 Definition
To break; surgical fracture
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-clast
 Definition
To break
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-desis
 Definition
Binding; fixation
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-malacia
 Definition
Softening
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-physis
 Definition
Growth
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-porosis
 Definition
Porous
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Claudication
 Definition
Lameness, limping
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Contracture
 Definition
Fibrosis of connective tissue in the skin, fascia, muscle, or joint capsule that prevents normal mobility of the related tissue or joing
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Crepitation
 Definition
Dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together from fracture or joint destruction
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Hemarthrosis
 Definition
Effusion of blood into a joint cavity
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Hypotonia
 Definition
Loss of muscular tone or a diminished resistance to passive stretching
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Osteophyte
 Definition
Bony outgrowth; bone spur
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Sprain
 Definition
Tearing of ligament tissue
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Strain
 Definition
Muscular injury
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Subluxation
 Definition
Partial or incomplete dislocation
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