Sports Medicine terms Flashcards
(173 cards)
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Dys-
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bad; difficult; disordered
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Hyper-
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excessive; above normal; abnormally increased
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Meta-
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change or alteration; situation occurring behind or after
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Sym-
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together; joined
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arthr/o-
A
joint; articulation
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dist/o-
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stand away from
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my/o-
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a relationship to muscle
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orth/o-
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straight or erect; correct
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poster/o -
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the back; posterior to
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proxim/o-
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near the point of origin
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Edema
A
medical term for swelling due to excess fluids
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-logy
A
study of a certain subject
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Peri-
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surrounding or all around
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Quadri-
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divided into four parts
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ecchym/o-
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common bruise; blood in the tissues
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later/o-
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lateral or sideways; to one side
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medi/o-
A
middle median
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neur/o-
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nerves; nerve; nervous system
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tendon/o-
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tissue band that connects the muscle to the bone; tendon
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-algia
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-pain
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-cyte
A
-cell
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-itis
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-diseased or inflamed
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-kinesis/ -kinesia
A
a movement that lacks directional orientation and depends on the intensity of the situation; movement
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-pathy
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feeling, disease; a method of treating disease.
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Intra-
Inside/ into
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per
Through, completely, by
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Supra-
above
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chrondr/o-
cartilage
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Dors/o-
the back of the human body
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articul/o:
joint
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-asthenia
lack of strength
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burs/a:
bursa: sac of fluid near joints
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femor/o:
femur (thigh bone)
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-lysis
breakdown; destruction; separation; loosening
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oste/o
bone
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-ous
pertaining to
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-plasty
surgical repair
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-rrhexis
rupture
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-scope
instrument for visual examination
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tars/o
tarsus; hindfoot or ankle
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tibi/o
tibia(shin bone)
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Infer
inferior/ below or towards the feet
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necr/o-
dead, corpse,dead tissue
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vertebr/o-
vertebra / backbone
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-Ary
pertaining to
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-dynia
pain
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-ectomy
the surgical removal of something
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-ema
condition
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Brady-
slow
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Sub-
under; below
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anter/o
front
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clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
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kines/o, kinesi/o
movement
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patell/o
patella or knee bone
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path/o
disease
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vascul/o
(vessel) blood
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-al, -eal
pertaining to/ pertaining to esophagus
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-logist
specialist
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-trophy
nourishment; development (condition of)
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cardi/o
heart
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crani/o
skull
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-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
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humer/o
humerus
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-ia
condition
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-malacia
softening
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phalang/o
phalanges (fingers and toes)
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poly-
many; much
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-rrhaphy
suture
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scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
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-tomy
process of cutting
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uln/o:
ulna (middle lower arm bone)
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-an, a
no, not, without
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-clasia; -clasis
to break
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erythr/o-
red
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epi-
above, upon, on
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hem/o; hema/o; hemat/o
blood
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kyph/o:
humpback
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muscul/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
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-plegia
paralysis, palsy
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radi/o
x-ray, radioactivity, radius
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spondyl/o
vertebrae, backbone
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-tome
instrument used to cut
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Bi-
two
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Endo-
within; in
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arteri/o-
artery
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carp/o-
carpals (wrist bone)
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fibul/o-
fibula
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pub/o-
pubis
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sacr/o-
Sacrum
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synovi/o-
synovia; synovial membrane; sheath around membranes
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thrombo-
clot
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-sclerosis
hardening
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-oma
tumour, fluid collection, mass
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-penia
deficiency
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Ab-
away from
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Ad
towards
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Inter
between
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
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cost/o
rib
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herni/o
hernia
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lord/o
curve; swayback
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stern/o
sternum
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-graphy
process of recording
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-desis
to bind; to tie together
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-ior
pertaining to
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-ar
pertaining to
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-scopy
visual examination
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Anti
against
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hemi-
half
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post
behind
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spina
spine
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tachy
fast
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acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
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rhin/o
nose
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menisci/o
meniscus
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-gram
recording or picture
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ic, tic
pertaining to
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-stenosis
tightening
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hypo-
defiency, below, under, less than norma
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onych/o-
nails (of fingers or toes)
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-opia
vision condition
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physi/o
nature or function
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-pnea
breathing
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pod/o
foot
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radicul/o
nerve root
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semi-
half
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ton/o
tension
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uni-
one
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vaso-
vessel, duct, vas deferens
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viscer/o
internal organs
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circum
around
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infra
below
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trans
across/through
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ather/o
plaque
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dent/o
tooth
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gastr/o
stomach
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hist/o
tissue
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lip/o
fat
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lumb/o
lowerback
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phleb/o
vein
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scolio
bent
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-rrhagia
bursting forth of blood
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-rrhea
flow or dischage
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stasis
stop or control
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pre-
before, in front of
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tri-
three
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brachi/o-
arm
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fibr/o-
fiber
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ocul/o-
eye
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pulmon/o-
lung
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retro-
back, behind, backwards
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spir/o
breathe
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-ist
specialist
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-opsy
view of
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-phylaxis
protection
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-physis
to grow
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-porosis
condition of pores (spaces)
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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amb/i
around, on both sides,about
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ante-
before; forward
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-gen
substance that produces, that which generates
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-megaly
enlargement
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-metry
process of measuring
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micr/o
small
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muc/o
mucus
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ot/o
ear
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pneum/o
lung, air, gas
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por/o
opening, passageway
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-stomy
new opening (to form a mouth)
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-trophic
relating to development
