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Lesson 1
Med Term Chapter 1 Intro
Term | Definition |
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Latin / Greek medical terms | Built from word parts (cardiology, tonsillectomy) |
Eponyms | Words based on a person's name |
Modern English medical terms | Words using modern English words (magnetic resonance imaging, irritable bowel syndrome) |
Word root | Foundation, main part of the word |
Suffix | Found at end of a medical term; includes conditions, diseases, procedures involving the word root |
Prefix | Found at beginning of medical term; often indicates abnormal conditions, numbers, positions, or times. Gives more detail to the term. |
cardi | heart |
gastr | stomach |
hepat | liver |
rhin | nose |
cephal | head |
arthr | joint |
my | muscle |
oste | bone |
electr | electricity |
carcin | cancer |
ectomy | surgical removal |
itis | inflammation |
megaly | enlarged |
logy | study of |
gram | record or picture |
pathy | disease |
inter | between |
a | without |
dys | abnormal, difficult, painful |
sub | below, underneath |
bi | two |
post | after |