Combining Forms
Conditions
Directional terms
Therapy / Procedures
Diseases
100

osteo

What is bone?

100

myosocarcinoma

What is a malignant tumor of muscle tissue?

100

adduction

What is towards?

100

thermotherapy

What is heat therapy?

100

osteoarthritis

What is joint inflammation? 

200

myoso

What is muscle?

200

polymyositis

What is inflammation of two or more muscles?

200

supination

What is towards the back?

200

tendotomy

What is surgical incision?

200

atrophy

What is poor muscle development?

300

cranio

What is the cranium?

300

scoliosis

What is an S curved defect in the back? Occurs most frequently in young females.

300

plantar flexion

What is to point the toes?

300

myoplasty

What is to surgically repair a muscle?

300

carpal tunnel syndrome

What is compression of the ulnar nerve that results in numbness, pain, tingling and inability to hold onto objects?

400

arthro

What is joint?

400

carpal tunnel syndrome

What is a muscle disorder resulting in pain in the fingers and wrist?

400

Flexion

What is to bend?

400

hydrotherapy

What is water treatment? 

400

fracture

What is a traumatic breaking of a bone?

500

phalango

What is fingers and/or toes?

500

spasm

What is a sudden involuntary muscle contraction?

500

dorsiflexion

What is to bend the foot towards the trunk of the body?

500

electromyography

What is a process of recording the strength and quality of muscles?

500

osteoporosis

What is a decrease in bone density?