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Med Term (KUH)
Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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GREEK AND LATIN | Words like hepatitis and arthritis |
EPONYMS | dervived from the name of a person (usually a physcian or scientist) who first identify a condition or technique. Ex. Parkinson's |
ACRONYMS | terms fromed from the first letters of the words ina phrase such as LASER ( Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
MODERN LANGUAGE | terms derived from the english language such as nuclear medicine scanner |
WORD ROOT | the word part that is core of the word. Ex. Play/er "play" is the ... |
SUFFIX | attached to the end of the word root to modify its meaning. Ex. play/er "er" is the... |
PREFIX | attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning. Ex. re/play "re" is the... |
COMBINING VOWEL | word part, usually an "o" used to ease in pronunciation ex. oste/O/arthritis |
COMBINING FORM | a word root with cobining vowel attached, separated by a vertical slash. ex. arthr/o |