What does my mean in medical terms?

my

Meaning: muscle

Type: Word root · Body system: Bones, Joints & Muscles

A word root is the core of a word; prefixes and suffixes attach around it. On this page: what my means, and real medical words that use it, each broken down into its parts.

Example words using my

myalgia
my (muscle) + -algia (pain) = muscle pain
myocardium
my (muscle) + cardi (heart) + -um (structure) = the muscle structure of the heart

Shortened forms

Charts and notes shorten long terms — see the Medical Abbreviations guide for the short forms you will meet in real records.

Please note: This section teaches the language of medicine — what word parts mean and how terms are built. It is an educational reference, not medical advice. For the meaning of a word in your own medical record, ask the clinician who wrote it.