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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  3. Golf swing - Wikipedia

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    It is generally agreed that a successful and consistent golf swing requires precise timing and mechanics, from the grip and position of one's fingers, to the position and movement of the feet. [2] At any moment of the swing, whether back-swing, downswing, or upswing, something can go wrong that will throw off the whole body and result in a mishit.

  4. Glossary of golf - Wikipedia

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    A backward spin that occurs when a player strikes the golf ball. The spin causes the ball to stop quickly or spin backward after landing on the green. Back-swing The first part of the golf swing. The back-swing starts with the club-head immediately behind the ball and ends when the club head travels back behind the player's head.

  5. Anatomical terms of motion - Wikipedia

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    For example, when standing up, the knees are extended. When a joint can move forward and backward, such as the neck and trunk, extension is movement in the posterior direction. [10] Extension of the hip or shoulder moves the arm or leg backward. [11] Even for other upper extremity joints – elbow and wrist, backward movement results in extension.

  6. Hypermobility (joints) - Wikipedia

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    Hypermobility, also known as double-jointedness, describes joints that stretch farther than normal. [2] For example, some hypermobile people can bend their thumbs backwards to their wrists and bend their knee joints backwards, put their leg behind the head or perform other contortionist "tricks".

  7. List of sports terms named after people - Wikipedia

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    Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy) Podkopayeva (vault) – round-off, 3 ⁄ 4 twist on, front piked somersault with 1 ⁄ 2 turn off, after Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine) Podkopayeva (floor) – double front somersault with a 1 ⁄ 2 twist, after Lilia Podkopayeva ...

  8. Glossary of medicine - Wikipedia

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    During swallowing, the epiglottis tilts backwards to prevent food from going down the larynx and lungs. Extensor pollicis brevis muscle – In human anatomy, the extensor pollicis brevis is a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm. It lies on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis longus.

  9. Anadrome - Wikipedia

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    The word redrum (i.e., "red rum") is used this way for murder in the Stephen King novel The Shining (1977) and its film adaptation (1980). [ 11 ] Anadromes exist in other written languages as well, as can be seen, for example, in Spanish orar ↔ raro or French l'ami naturel ("the natural friend") ↔ le rut animal ("the animal rut").