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MUSCULOSKELETAL – IMPORTANT SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES - Lesson 232

In the previous post, you have learned about some of the combining forms of musculoskeletal system, but in this post, we will learn about some important suffixes and prefixes of the musculoskeletal system. Definitely this post will be useful for the learners of the Medical Transcription freely here. The terms that are used in this post are generally used by the doctors in the dictations on a daily basis in the medical field and will be useful for the learners, so that you can easily know or grasp the idea of the forms of medical terms. Let us come to know about some of the prefixes II) PREFIXES 1. The prefix form ab- means away from and its terminology is abduction which means movement of an extremity or other body part. 2. The prefix form poly- means many or much and its terminology is polymyalgia which means the pain in many muscles or “poly” means many, “my” means muscle and “algia” means “pain”. 3. The prefix form dorsi- means back and its terminology is dorsi